The article does not mention the AI industry, nor does it make any claim (though doubtless it’s true) that ICs are “important for geopolitical purposes”. (It does say that recent big investments in US semiconductor manufacture “ha[ve] implications for [...] geopolitics”, but that isn’t about chips being important for e.g. military applications, it’s about the US wanting China not to have too much power over an industry that’s important for everything. (The specific examples the article gives are smartphones and VR goggles.)
For the avoidance of doubt, I am not saying that AI isn’t of military importance. Only that the article doesn’t say anything about AI or about the military.
The article does not mention the AI industry, nor does it make any claim (though doubtless it’s true) that ICs are “important for geopolitical purposes”. (It does say that recent big investments in US semiconductor manufacture “ha[ve] implications for [...] geopolitics”, but that isn’t about chips being important for e.g. military applications, it’s about the US wanting China not to have too much power over an industry that’s important for everything. (The specific examples the article gives are smartphones and VR goggles.)
For the avoidance of doubt, I am not saying that AI isn’t of military importance. Only that the article doesn’t say anything about AI or about the military.