Also, while the book isn’t very technical in general (a good thing) there were a few parts that were more technical than I wanted (e. Scharre suggests that the military will want to recreate AIs from scratch, due to the impracticality of analyzing the security risks of OpenAI's training data. It detailed face scanning technology the Uyghur detention and "reeducation" campaigns, along with the social credit score and even gait detection on how you walk. As someone who has been studying this field since 2005, I found the data to be sound and the explanations of the TPU, GPU, and CPU distinctions particularly well done. Furthermore, so many full-time jobs are being recast as contracted, fire-at-will gigs, “not a break from the norm as much as an extension of it, a continuation of corporations finding new ways to limit their obligations to workers.

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. A very useful introduction to and update on AI in war, Four Battlegrounds is very accessible for people new to the topic. Deep fakes, bots, synthetic learning and other applications are so realistic that it’s hard to differentiate fact from fiction.Other MENA states, like neighboring Oman, are taking notice of the economic knock-on effects of AI adoption, unveiling a new national economic initiative to facilitate AI adoption by governmental institutions and to increase science and technology investment opportunities. S.-Soviet space race, as similar: pursuing both is believed to lead to knock-on economic and national security effects. But I see restrictions on semiconductor sales to China as likely to matter more 3 to 5 years from now.

Writing isn’t brain surgery, but it’s rare when someone adept at the latter is also so accomplished at the former.It is difficult to know whether to feel confident or disturbed by all this information, but Scharre effectively shows where military AI currently stands and where it is going. His work, influenced by mentor Jack Ring, emphasizes the limitations of human speed in operating at machine paces, and how cognitive tech is instrumental in achieving the necessary coordination. Why I finished it: This book dragged for me… and I’m not sure if it was subject or my circumstances. But this does not mean that MENA states will simply accept the medium- or long-term trajectories set for AI by companies based in the U. Scharre ignores this scenario, probably because he sees much slower change in AI capabilities than I see.

Power is an obvious take on the leverage that companies and nations can get from data analysis and AI. A solid, well-organized account of the military applications of AI and of the race to take the lead global position. This book will likely help the military keep from falling too far behind in its understanding of AI.

It simultaneously assesses states’ willingness to adopt the technology in reference to these four components. My primary reason for denying a star is that the book provides a somewhat murky definition of what AI is in this context. The author comes off as somewhat antagonistic towards that country, mostly for that reason, but closes the book with the idea that war isn't inevitable. Scharre accurately discusses the Trump and Biden administrations' anti-China policies, but leaves out the crucial policy shift under Obama. Conservative politicians have claimed for years - without evidence - that US tech firms have an anti-conservative bias.

Scharre delves deeply into each area, noting that fundamental differences between authoritarian China and democratic U. Like mechanization or electricity before it, artificial intelligence will touch every aspect of our lives―and cause profound disruptions in the balance of global power, especially among the AI superpowers: China, the United States, and Europe.

It does not help, Desmond adds, that so few working people are represented by unions or that Black Americans, even those who have followed the “three rules” (graduate from high school, get a full-time job, wait until marriage to have children), are far likelier to be poor than their White compatriots. Scharre is sensitive to overinflating any one aspect of AI — where one AI success is described, its mirrored failure is also discussed. The Middle East Institute (MEI) is an independent, non-partisan, non-for-profit, educational organization. Four Battlegrounds takes readers inside the fierce competition to develop and implement this game-changing technology and dominate the future.