Technology and War

The nature of war is changing.

Technology has always played a key role in war.

The role of technology continues to expand. Most people think of war technology as incredible sensor devices capturing valuable intelligence that is fed to AI systems to execute precision targeting or drone systems engaging a target.

They see Skynet duking it out with red laser eyed robots in meatspace…

…but the battle space of the future is cyber.

The world is digitizing and being increasingly virtualized to make things more efficient.

AI is transforming war fighting in the physical and digital spaces. AI is embodied via robotics including drones and inside manned systems.

There’s a case to be made that we will evolve away from physical fighting in favor of 100% cyber attacks. Less collateral damage, less direct harm to life… but absolutely devastating. The damage that is dealt in cyberspace will only increase, especially as our world is increasingly digitized and the value of all assets exposed to digital surfac…