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Technology & National Security
Digital Freedom and RepressionPaul Scharre and Kara Frederick discussed how we can win the digital contest with authoritarian governments....
By Paul Scharre & Kara Frederick
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
CNAS Tech: Discussing a Long-Awaited Executive Order on 5G SecurityOn May 15, President Trump issued an executive order designed to protect the United States from security vulnerabilities in the global communications technology supply chain. ...
By Paul Scharre, Elsa B. Kania & Megan Lamberth
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Technology & National Security
2019 Drell Lecture: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of WarOn April 30, 2019, CNAS Technology and National Security Program Director Paul Scharre delivered the 2019 Drell Lecture on the campus of Stanford University. Scharre's remarks...
By Paul Scharre
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre Interviewed on the Raw Data PodcastWhen we think of killer robots, images of the Terminator, Robocop, and other dystopian movies often spring to mind. These movies usually don’t end well (for the humans, at lea...
By Paul Scharre
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Killer AppsThe nation that leads in the development of artificial intelligence will, Russian President Vladimir Putin proclaimed in 2017, “become the ruler of the world.” That view has b...
By Paul Scharre
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Video
Technology & National Security
Artificial Intelligence Colloquium: AI R&D EthicsThe responsible advancement and application of AI is a subject of much debate across research, government, defense, and commercial communities. Issues surrounding trust, priva...
By Richard Danzig, Paul Scharre, Patrick Lin & Heather Roff
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Podcast: The Autocrat’s New Tool KitA new set of technological tools—some of them now maturing, others poised to emerge over the coming decade—seem destined to wind up in the hands of autocrats around the world....
By Richard Fontaine, Kara Frederick & Paul Scharre
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
CNAS Tech: How (Not) to Talk About AI & LethalityThe U.S. Army recently announced its new Advanced Targeting & Lethality Automated System, or ATLAS program. The announcement generated concern and media headlines about the le...
By Paul Scharre, Kara Frederick & Megan Lamberth
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
The White House: Accelerating America's Leadership in Artificial IntelligenceOn Thursday, February 28, Michael Kratsios, Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology Policy, visited CNAS to discuss the President's Executive Order on Maintaining Ame...
By Paul Scharre & Michael Kratsios
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
White House AI Executive Order and DoD AI StrategyThis week, the U.S. government released two major new strategic documents on artificial intelligence. The White House published an executive order by President Trump launching...
By Robert O. Work, Paul Scharre, Gregory C. Allen, Kara Frederick, Michael Horowitz & Elsa B. Kania
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
How Congress can help ensure US leadership in artificial intelligenceThe age of artificial intelligence is upon us. AI is no longer a future technology but a present one. The AI revolution is highly global, with nations such as China playing a ...
By Paul Scharre & Ainikki Riikonen
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
Quantum HegemonyChina is positioning itself as a powerhouse in quantum science, posing a challenge to U.S. national security and innovation leadership. Elsa B. Kania, an Adjunct Fellow at CNA...
By Elsa B. Kania, John Costello & Paul Scharre
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
Autonomous Weapons and the Future of WarWhat happens when a Predator drone has as much autonomy as a Google car? Or when a weapon that can hunt its own targets is hacked? Although it sounds like science fiction, the...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Paul Scharre
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Congress Can Help the United States Lead in Artificial IntelligenceThis week the U.S. Congress will hold hearings focusing on the Defense Department’s progress on artificial intelligence, a critical technology area. On the agenda is the new N...
By Paul Scharre & Michael Horowitz
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Video
Technology & National Security
CNAS’ Scharre, Lockheed’s Maxwell on Onyx Exoskeleton and Super SoldiersPaul Scharre, director of the technology and national security program at the Center for a New American Security, and Keith Maxwell, the project manager of Lockheed Martin’s O...
By Paul Scharre & Keith Maxwell
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
Ep. 27: CENTCOM's Gen. Votel; Exosuits and super soldiers; Weaponizing social media and moreThis week on the program: • During a flight over Turkmenistan this week, America’s top commander in the Middle East spoke by phone with Defense One Executive Editor Kevin Baro...
By Paul Scharre & Lauren Fish
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Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre on Here & There PodcastPaul Scharre joins Dave Marash on the Here & There podcast to discuss new technological developments in warfare, from artificial intelligence and autonomous systems to the rol...
By Paul Scharre
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
The US Military Must Lighten Warfighters’ LoadsIn World War II, being an infantryman was the third-deadliest job in the American military, behind bombardiers and submariners. In the years since, technology has woven a cloa...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Future of Life Institute: AI and Nuclear Weapons – Trust, Accidents, and New Risks with Paul Scharre and Mike HorowitzIn 1983, Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov prevented what could have been a devastating nuclear war by trusting his gut instinct that the algorithm in his early-warning...
By Michael Horowitz & Paul Scharre
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
Quantum Hegemony? China’s Ambitions and the Challenge to U.S. Innovation LeadershipPaul Scharre, Director and Senior Fellow of the Technology and National Security program at CNAS, hosts a discussion with Technology and National Security Adjunct Fellow Elsa ...
By Elsa B. Kania & Paul Scharre
