Politicians fixate on the global race for technological supremacy between US and China. They debate geopolitical implications of chip exports, latest model releases from each country, and military applications of AI. Someday, they believe, we might see advancements in AI tip the scales in a superpower conflict. But the most important arms race of the 21st century is already happening elsewhere and, while AI is definitely the weapon of choice, combatants are distributed across dozens of domains. Academic journals are flooded with AI-generated papers, and are turning to AI to help review submissions. Brazil’s ...

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Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders argue that the most consequential AI arms race isn't between the US and China, but within democratic institutions themselves. AI is flooding academic journals, courts, open source repos, hiring pipelines, and government comment systems, creating adversarial loops where every actor is forced to adopt AI just to keep pace. While citizens and governments can leverage AI to amplify their voices, the primary beneficiaries are a handful of Big Tech corporations extracting enormous wealth from the race dynamic itself. The authors call for antitrust regulation, human rights protections, and public AI alternatives to counter this concentration of power.

Is AI Good for Democracy?