AI and American National Security
Great Decisions 2025 | Topic 7
Artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI, is often claimed as an emerging technology that will disrupt all facets of society.
Artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI, is often claimed as an emerging technology that will disrupt all facets of society.
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Justin Bullock et al, "The Oxford Handbook of AI Governance."
This book examines how AI interacts with and influences governance systems, and vice versa.
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Jessica Cox and Heather Williams, "The Unavoidable Technology: How Artificial Intelligence Can Strengthen Nuclear Stability."
This article highlights the ubiquitous nature of AI both in military and civilian domains and globally. They argue that AI can offer opportunities and risks, depending on its application.
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Audrey Kurth Cronin, "Power to the People: How Open Technological Innovation is Arming Tomorrow's Terrorists."
This book focuses on how modern technologies have made their way to the public. It argues that governments must develop countermeasures to preempt militants from co-opting innovations to catastrophic effect.
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Michael Horowitz et al, "AI, the International balance of Power, and National Security Strategy."
This chapter explores how AI could transform nearly every aspect of national security, and how the U.S. should anticipate and prepare accordingly for AI uses by competitors.
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Kai-Fu Lee, "AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order."
This book explores how the development of AI may deliver huge changes sooner than expected, especially with the U.S.-China rivalry pushing each country to strive to become the technological superpower.
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Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan, "AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future."
This book uses short stories and technical analysis to explore how AI will impact the world by 2041.
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Sarah Kreps and Douglas Kriner, "The Potential Impact of Emerging Technologies on Democratic Representation: Evidence from a Field Experiment."
This article assesses public attitudes toward support and discusses the implications of integrating AI-enabled technologies in multiple settings.
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Peter Rautenbach, "Keeping Humans in the Loop is not Enough to Make AI Safe for Nuclear Weapons."
This article highlights the challenges of AI and the need to keep the 'human in the loop' along with technical solutions.
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