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Will Even the Most Advanced Subs Have Nowhere to Hide?
The modern race to build undetectable submarines dates from the 1960s. In that decade, the United States and the Soviet Union began a game of maritime hide-and-seek, deploying ever-quieter submarines as well as more advanced tracking and detection capabilities to spot their adversary’s vessels. That game continues to this day but with a wider field of players. In the coming months, the U.S. Navy plans to homeport the USS Minnesota on Guam.
Why Are Large AI Models Being Red Teamed?
Why Are Large AI Models Being Red Teamed?
Why Are Large AI Models Being Red Teamed?
Technology 18 hours ago 3 Ways To Use AI For Strategic Decision Making Forbes - Charles Towers-Clark • 18h Leadership discussions on AI often center on defining an AI strategy, much like formulating plans for marketing or operations. Yet, a more profound and potentially impactful prospect is emerging: embedding AI at the heart of strategic decision-making.
Will AI Steal Submarines' Stealth?: Better Detection will make the Oceans Transparent-and Perhaps Undermine Nuclear Deterrence
Abstract:Submarines are valued primarily for their ability to hide. The assurance that submarines would likely survive the first missile strike in a nuclear war and thus be able t...View more Metadata Abstract: Submarines are valued primarily for their ability to hide.
Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?
Submarines are valued primarily for their ability to hide. The assurance that submarines would likely survive the first missile strike in a nuclear war and thus be able to respond by launching missiles in a second strike is key to the strategy of deterrence known as mutually assured destruction. Any new technology that might render the oceans effectively transparent, making it trivial to spot lurking submarines, could thus undermine the peace of the world.
Commercial Satellites Are National Security’s Next Frontier
On 18 February, President Biden, citing U.S. intelligence, announced to the world “we have reason to believe the Russian forces are planning and intend to attack Ukraine in the coming week, in the coming days.” In the months leading up to the invasion in late February, the U.S. intelligence community had been revealing details of Putin’s war plans and disclosing highly classified real-time intelligence in the form of satellite imagery and providing detailed analysis of the movement of Russian...
'AI doesn't have to be sentient to kill us all': 6 ways artificial intelligence can go very wrong
The GLP Needs Your Help It is easier than ever for advocacy groups to spread disinformation on pressing science issues, such as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. No, vaccines are not harmful. Yes, the use of biotechnology, GMOs or gene editing to develop antigens for treatments including vaccines are part of the solution. To inform the public about what’s really going on, we present the facts and challenge those who don't. We can’t do this work without your help.
AI’s Six Worst-Case Scenarios
Hollywood’s worst-case scenario involving artificial intelligence (AI) is familiar as a blockbuster sci-fi film: Machines acquire humanlike intelligence, achieving sentience, and inevitably turn into evil overlords that attempt to destroy the human race. Read Full Article »
AI’s 6 Worst-Case Scenarios
Hollywood’s worst-case scenario involving artificial intelligence (AI) is familiar as a blockbuster sci-fi film: Machines acquire humanlike intelligence, achieving sentience, and inevitably turn into evil overlords that attempt to destroy the human race. This narrative capitalizes on our innate fear of technology, a reflection of the profound change that often accompanies new technological developments.
Radioactive RoadTrippin’ (R&R), a YouTube Travelogue Show, Launches on January 1
Head Shot for Natasha Bajema R&R is a travelogue show produced on YouTube that tells the story of a nuclear weapons expert who hits the road for a year in a truck camper with her two dogs ROCKPORT, TX, UNITED STATES, December 31, 2021 / EINPresswire.com/ -- Radioactive RoadTrippin’ (R&R) launches on January 1, 2022. From January 3 to January 5, R&R will visit the Barksdale Global Power Museum in Shreveport, Louisiana.
A look back at the decades since that meeting shows how often AI researchers' hopes have been crushed-and how little those setbacks have deterred them. Today, even as AI is revolutionizing industries and threatening to upend the global labor market, many experts are wondering if today's AI is reaching its limits.
2022 U.S. Budget Funds New ICBMs-A Reckless Diversion?
With the Biden administration’s 2022 defense budget coming in at US $753 billion, it’s easy to get diverted by the megaton-sized sum that the United States plans to spend on modernizing its nuclear forces over the coming decades. But a bigger question about the future of nuclear deterrence arguably looms—namely, how might intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) affect national security in an era of emerging tech threats?
One Atmospheric Nuclear Explosion Could Take Out the Power Grid
In July, Chinese researchers urged their government to increase the country's readiness for defending against a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. Just over a year ago, a group of American researchers released a report warning that China possessed the capability to conduct an EMP attack against the United States.
To Protect Against Weaponized Drones, We Must Understand Their Key Strengths
Baykar/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Azerbaijan recently used its Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) to great effect in its conflict with Armenia. For all the amazement that swarms of consumer-grade drones provoke—flying in choreographed clusters to form logos, pictures, and even QR codes in the sky—they’re also a subject of some strategic concern among national security experts.
Some Advice for My Younger Self
The plane begins its descent into the forested landscape surrounding Stockholm, Sweden. The late evening flight from Bonn, Germany is a short one. It feels like I’ve only just gotten settled into my seat, and now we’re already preparing to land. As I buckle my seat belt, tiny goosebumps race up my arms, causing my hair to stand on end. Shivering, I pull on my favorite jean jacket and snuggle into the soft, worn denim fabric.
Today's Cyberattacks Foreshadow Wars to Come
SolarWinds, the Florida water treatment hack, even Texas's grid outage: These are what threats to a nation's cybersecurity look like Illustration: iStockphoto Cyberattacks are no longer just a matter of cybersecurity, they directly threaten a country’s national security. Cyberattacks alter the character of warfare—much like nuclear weapons once did, allowing adversaries to potentially cross enemy lines to harm large numbers of innocent civilians.
Can Joe Biden Deliver a Sci-Tech Renaissance?
Net neutrality, the Iran nuclear deal, and a government-wide climate focus are all on the agenda Photo: Doug Mills/Getty Images Photo: Doug Mills/Getty Images For good or ill, the Trump administration’s U.S. technology policy—and President Barack Obama’s tech policy before that—often set global priorities. The new administration will surely be no different.
Can Joe Biden Deliver a Sci-Tech Renaissance?
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For good or ill, the Trump administration's U.S. technology policy—and President Barack Obama's tech policy before that—often set global priorities. The new administration will surely be no different. With the still young Biden administration, and its young-at-heart chief executive, some quandaries lie coiled within puzzles, others represent wholly unprecedented challenges.
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“History is littered with mistaken predictions about the future of warfare”: taking this observation as its premise, this Chaillot Paper takes a novel approach to exploring how future conflicts might unfold. In contrast to traditional schools of conflict anticipation, which rely on science, history and deduction, it combines imagination with an analysis of past and present trends to paint a compelling picture of conflicts to come.
Lessons from Dr. Strangelove: The Risks of Deploying Low-Yield Nukes on Submarines
Stanley Kubrik's cult classic, Dr. Strangelove, has a lot to teach us about the practicalities of nuclear deterrence. Using the film as a frame, we explore how other countries might view the deployment of low-yield nukes on U.S. submarines. In the early part of 2020, the USS Tennessee ballistic missile submarine quietly set out to sea in the Atlantic Ocean on a historic deterrent patrol.
How to Counter China’s Coronavirus Disinformation Campaign | RealClearDefense
Natasha Bajema & Christine Parthemore , Defense One March 31, 2020 Beijing is using lies to undermine America's standing; the U.S. should fight back with science and truth. Whether we like it or not, the United States is engaged on a new battlefield defined by the “speed, spread, and accessibility of information,” as P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking write in their prescient book, Like War: The Weaponization of Social Media. But our government does not appear to have received the memo.
How to Counter China’s Coronavirus Disinformation Campaign
Beijing is using lies to undermine America’s standing; the U.S. should fight back with science and truth. Whether we like it or not, the United States is engaged on a new battlefield defined by the “speed, spread, and accessibility of information,” as P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking write in their prescient book, Like War: The Weaponization of Social Media. But our government does not appear to have received the memo.
Countering WMD in the Digital Age: Breaking Down Bureaucratic Silos in a Brave New World
Imagine reading a news article that begins: “Terrorists delivered a biological weapon at a local sports stadium using a drone swarm, unleashing widespread panic and mass casualties.” The article reveals that a terrorist cell claimed credit for the attack, declaring it launched the drone swarm using a smartphone.
Can Humans Resist the Allure of Machine Speed for Nuclear Weapons?
Integrating artificial intelligence into nuclear systems is risky, and the temptation to do so will only get worse. The Terminator Conundrum Imagine you could get a fresh-baked pizza from your favorite Italian joint delivered in less than eight minutes. As enticing as that sounds, depending on where you live, it’s probably impossible—at least, not without drone delivery. Now consider this.
WMD in the Digital Age: Understanding the Impact of Emerging Technolog
Emerging technologies are lowering barriers to effective development and use of WMD, creating new pathways for developing WMD, reducing the risk of detection of WMD activities, and offering nefarious actors new capabilities to cause mass effects.
Writing the FBI into Your Fiction Novels-And Getting it Right
A Review of ThrillerFest’s FBI Workshop for Fiction Writers If you’re a fiction author and writing novels in the thriller genre (crime, mystery, suspense, etc.), then you’re likely interested in gaining an intimate understanding of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI serves as our nation’s law enforcement agency at the federal level and the lead government agency for countering terrorism.
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