(Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay ) China is pursuing a new concept of warfare that aims to deploy artificial intelligence to directly control the enemy's will and subdue a nation without having to resort to conventional "hot" warfare . The idea of cognitive warfare may sound like science fiction to most people, writes Judith Bergman, and attorney, political analyst and senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute . Advertisement – story continues below But experts have cautioned that the United States needs to take the threat seriously. The basic idea, according to Japanese defense expert Col. Koichiro Takagi, is "to…