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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Tech entanglement—China, the United States, and artificial intelligenceIn Washington and Beijing’s complex bilateral relationship, artificial intelligence has emerged as a new domain of both cooperation and competition. Even as China and the Unit...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
“Unmanned, Intangible, Silent Warfare” – New Threats and Options for TaiwanAs the character of conflict is transformed by the advent of robotics and artificial intelligence on the battlefield, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) recognizes and...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Artificial Intelligence’s Transformative Effects on SocietyJoin Paul Scharre, Senior Fellow and Director of the Technology and National Security program at CNAS in a discussion with Helen Toner, Senior Research Analyst, Open Philanthr...
By Paul Scharre
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Debating Slaughterbots and the Future of Autonomous WeaponsStuart Russell, Anthony Aguirre, Ariel Conn, and Max Tegmark recently wrotea response to my critique of their “Slaughterbots” video on autonomous weapons. I am grateful for th...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Testimony before the House Armed Services CommitteeSubmitted Written Testimony...
By Paul Scharre
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Congress Just Made Bipartisan Progress Against TerrorismLast year brought news both good and bad in the fight against terrorism. On the positive side, the Islamic State’s brutal “caliphate” has virtually collapsed under a U.S.-led ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Congressional Testimony
Technology & National Security
Testimony before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and CapabilitiesSubmitted Written Testimony...
By Paul Scharre
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
The Pentagon is using AI to fight ISIS but it's not quite the 'Terminator'Conversations about the military use of artificial intelligence usually bring to mind the "Terminator" movies, where a super-intelligent AI turns evil and tries to destroy hum...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Why You Shouldn't Fear 'Slaughterbots'Killer drones in the hands of terrorists massacring innocents. Robotic weapons of mass destruction breeding chaos and fear. A video created by advocates of a ban on autonomous...
By Paul Scharre
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Project Maven brings AI to the fight against ISISMaven is designed to be that pilot project, that pathfinder, that spark that kindles the flame front of artificial intelligence across the rest of the [Defense] Department. - ...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Commentary
Defense / Technology & National Security
Congress Mandates New DoD Study Central to Understanding TBITraumatic brain injury (TBI) is the signature wound of today's conflicts, affecting more than 370,000 service members, and emerging evidence suggests troops may be exposed to ...
By Lauren Fish & Paul Scharre
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
The Human Factor in the “Unmanned” Systems of the People's Liberation ArmyEven as the character of conflict is transformed by the advent of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) on the battlefield, the human factor is no less important in this m...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Video
Technology & National Security
Technology, Innovation, and the Future of WarfareWe are living in the midst of an information revolution that is changing how we communicate, shop, do business, and make friends. It is also changing warfare. The U.S. militar...
By Paul Scharre & Jerry Hendrix
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Technology & National Security
Quantum Technology & National SecurityQuantum technologies have the potential to defeat modern crypto-systems and provide otherwise unimaginable computational capabilities. The current strategic-analysis landscape...
By Michael J. Biercuk
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre on NPR: The Challenges Of Regulating Autonomous WeaponsAutonomous weapons, capable of operating independent of human control, are being developed by several countries around the world. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Paul Scharre o...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
China Is On a Whole-of-Nation Push for AI. The US Must Match ItChina has made no secret of its ambitions to lead the world in artificial intelligence, nor of the military and geopolitical advantage it hopes to gain from this rapidly advan...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Artificial Intelligence and Chinese PowerThe United States’ technological sophistication has long supported its military predominance. In the 1990s, the U.S. military started to hold an uncontested advantage over its...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
China’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy Poses a Credible Threat to U.S. Tech LeadershipLast month, Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google’s parent company Alphabet, delivered a wake-up call: the unchallenged technological supremacy that the United States has enjoy...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Cyber and Space Weapons Are Making Nuclear Deterrence TrickierStability was an overriding concern at last week’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on nuclear command authority, the first in four decades. Senators wondered aloud ...
By Richard Fontaine & James N. Miller, Jr.
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
More Training Won’t Reduce Your Cyber RiskHow many times have you had to watch your company’s latest cybersecurity training video? An entire industry now exists to train us humans to be smarter in how we operate compu...
By Michael Sulmeyer & Mari Dugas
