Ex-Air Force Tech Boss Eviscerates Pentagon For Already Losing The AI Race Against China

[Farmer-Rick]

13. That's ridiculous.

Who owns the technology he's whining about? Not the Military or Air Force itself, it's owned by corporations. When the corporate factory builds a military technology for use by the Air Force the corporation develops it and owns it. Yeah, there are some parts of it that are supposed to be kept secret but you can't keep it secret from the person who is actually building it.

Now years ago, when filthy rich idiots in the US decided US labor was too expensive and made a massive move to relocate their manufacturing in foreign countries, (causing an economic crash) the corporations freely and willingly turned over the technology to China. It was agreed upon and done in exchange for factories with almost free Chinese labor. A lot of our so called technology is actually built in China.

So now they whine because the Chinese are using the technology we gave them. You can't keep something secret if you have thousands of people in foreign countries building it for you for cheap. This is what happens when you put profits above all else.