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LUCY IN THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY: ON THE INEVITABILITY OF KILLER MACHINES

Who do you think you are / Ha ha ha, bless your soul / You really think you’re in control — “Crazy,” Gnarls Barkley It is popular to argue that the future of artificial intelligence (AI) is “humans with AI” (HWAI), which Harvard Business School Professor Karim Lakhani neatly summarized: …

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BEYOND BELIEF: THE IMPERATIVE TO DEVELOP EMPOWERED MILITARY AI

Advanced AI seems to tap into some primal human fears. An empowered military AI (EMAI) that independently makes lethal decisions is scary. Ancient mythology is full of stories of creators being destroyed by their creations, as when the Olympian Gods overthrew the Titans. Killer machines are a mainstay of science …

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BEYOND INTUITION: AI’S ROLE IN STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING

In September 2024, Andrew Hill and Steve Gerras authored a compelling three-part series that explored the evolving role of artificial intelligence (AI) in national defense. They provocatively argued that the conventional wisdom is wrong: human intuition is not indispensable, even though we might all wish it were. Recognizing the significance …

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