The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Dan Tadross – head of the public sector at Scale AI, co-author of the recent paper Agentic Warfare, and a founding member of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, a precursor to the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office – is the 493rd in “The Trans-Pacific View Insight Series.”
Provide a high-altitude view of the current state of the China-U.S. AI race.
We are moving past the initial hype of generative AI and entering a decisive new era of agentic warfare. The agentic warfare race is about who can operationalize true AI agents – systems capable of independently planning, reasoning, and executing complex tasks. This evolution is critical to achieving decision advantage.
The United States currently retains a fragile first-mover advantage. We possess a thriving AI ecosystem, the world’s most advanced frontier models, and deep data repositori
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