Lastly, hopefully this was an issue limited to the DoD Library’s copy of the audiobook on Libby, but it was one 13-hour track! States lacking in any one area may still seek to build competitive AI systems through different means.

S. companies’ roles in advanced hardware and equipment manufacturing against those of Chinese firms. I. expert Paul Scharre offers a contemporary exploration of artificial intelligence that will make skeptics worried but also offers solutions to how we should move forward as a species in this new wild west of technological development. Deep fakes, bots, synthetic learning and other applications are so realistic that it’s hard to differentiate fact from fiction. The book consolidates the diverse elements of AI's impact, touching on themes such as access to computing power, talent retention, and the challenges posed by institutions in the AI era.Fortune 500 CEOs won’t like Desmond’s message for rewriting the social contract—which is precisely the point. Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming its own separate war fighting domain, cleanly shooting off from the cyber realm.

Nations that capitalize on these four battlegrounds will hold the high ground whether they do so singly or in combination. Autonomous weapons expert Paul Scharre takes readers inside the fierce competition to develop and implement this game-changing technology and dominate the future. Parts describing inner work of Pentagon in adopting AI, along some general descriptions of current AI strengths and limitations are good. Scharre is mostly concerned with issues such as which military gets the fastest reaction times, uses data the best (e.Brother's core thesis, rooted in the necessity for requisite orchestration driven by cognitive technology, resonates strongly throughout the book. It simultaneously assesses states’ willingness to adopt the technology in reference to these four components. AI’s tools, when programmed properly, alleviate burdensome human time constraints allowing for magnitudes faster repetitions and learning when algorithms are written and released appropriately. The book delves into four critical pillars: data, computing power, talent, and institutions, highlighting their pivotal roles in the AI landscape.

I struggled to identify a red line that goes through all the empirical detail that the author presents. You have to have big data to crunch, and he covers who has access and how that is collected and analyzed. Data is a vital resource like coal or oil, Advanced computer chips are the essence of computing power, Talent is about people, and institutions that effectively incorporate AI into their economy, society, and especially their military. S. military is incorporating AI into nearly every aspect of their operations, from piloting jet fighters to optimizing logistical support. Four Battlegrounds is sprawling in scope, encompassing both the technical elements of AI and this “general-purpose enabling” technology’s geopolitical and military implications.Less technical, with more of a layman’s approach to the topic, the book is accessible and thought provoking but stands as a starting point to the subject.

Evidence from sports teams suggests that 18 is about the maximum number of people can usefully move independently. But I see restrictions on semiconductor sales to China as likely to matter more 3 to 5 years from now.I'm angry at Scharre for trying to steer us toward war without articulating a sensible justification for war. This book will likely help the military keep from falling too far behind in its understanding of AI. The book was structured well starting with what is AI in reality and moving on to the infrastructure and institutions surrounding AI around the world to ultimately putting context behind the media headlines we are seeing. In this way, some MENA states can already act to leverage AI’s four components to their national advantage.