Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

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The book hedges on exactly which forms AI will take as technology continues to develop and proliferate.

After establishing this framework in the first part of his book, he goes on to explore several other topics for the remaining four-fifths of the book, running the gamut of topics - including a couple well-timed chapters on disinformation and a heavy emphasis on competition with China. MEI welcomes financial donations, but retains sole editorial control over its work and its publications reflect only the authors’ views. Nations that capitalize on these four battlegrounds will hold the high ground whether they do so singly or in combination. An award-winning defense expert tells the story of today’s great power rivalry―the struggle to control artificial intelligence.Four Battlegrounds straddles two lines of thought: the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on power and warfare in the 21st century and the dangers AI presents to human freedoms, individual rights, and the meaning of truth and reality. The idea of the US positioning its AI as safer and more reliable than those produced by Russia or China, due to more extensive testing, is intriguing and quite possible. Evidence from sports teams suggests that 18 is about the maximum number of people can usefully move independently. The author’s empathy undoubtedly made him an exceptional doctor, and the precision of his prose—as well as the moral purpose underscoring it—suggests that he could have written a good book on any subject he chose. Advanced computer chips are the essence of computing power―control over chip supply chains grants leverage over rivals.

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!

The fourth “battlefield” is maybe the most critical: the ultimate global leader in AI will have institutions that effectively incorporate AI into their economy, society, and especially their military. Scharre’s four battleground themes do provide an interesting framework in which to discuss the implications and challenges of applying AI to today’s strategic competition.