Ten years ago, if you said artificial intelligence might surpass human-level intelligence by the year 2029, no one in Washington would have taken you seriously. During the hearing, dubbed “Shaping Tomorrow: The Future of Artificial Intelligence,” the House Oversight Committee and its witnesses grappled with several trends: the rapid advance of AI, Beijing’s determination to dominate the field, and China’s increasingly threatening posture toward Taiwan. He also wants the U.S. government to work harder to keep advanced chips from China. In July, the White House allowed chipmaker Nvidia to sell its advanced H20 chips, useful in AI work, to China. Taken together, these indicators suggest a takeover of Taiwan might give China's leaders an enduring advantage in developing and deploying AI.