President Trumps recently announced artificial intelligence initiative does not include the word China. But that countrys progress in the race to machine-learning supremacy has prompted calls for the United States to start running faster. Though Mr. Trumps plan is light on actual planning, the Pentagon released its own report last week that provides more detail. Taken together, the documents are promising.
Mr. Trumps order directs agencies to assess their spending, reprioritize existing funds toward artificial intelligence and consider that priority in their upcoming…
