by Timothy McCullough | Aug 26, 2022
Assuming Risk – Artificial Intelligence on the Battlefield Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) have promising potential to bring faster, more accurate analysis to enable holistic decision-making on the battlefield. With the exponential increase...
by Ashley Deeks | Jul 14, 2022
Coding the Law of Armed Conflict: First Steps [Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed in the Lieber Studies volume The Future Law of Armed Conflict, which was published 27 May 2022. For a general introduction to this volume, see Professor...
by Hitoshi Nasu | Mar 1, 2022
Deepfake Technology in the Age of Information Warfare Prior to its invasion of Ukraine, there were speculations that Russia was planning to produce a graphic fake video showing a Ukrainian attack as a pretext for an invasion. Although this “false flag” operation did...
by Eric Jensen, Carolyn Sharp | Feb 9, 2022
Reentering the Loop The warfighting advantages of using lethal autonomous systems, and the potential costs of not using them, seem to guarantee their role in future armed conflict. This post argues that optimizing their effectiveness involves not only improving their...
by R. Patrick Huston | Apr 21, 2021
A Pacifist-General’s Plan to Win America’s Next War I’m not an absolute pacifist in the true sense of the word, but I’m about as close as you can get. I firmly believe in using military force only as a last resort. My view is shaped by my experience as both a soldier...
by Ashley Deeks | Aug 5, 2020
Will Autonomy in U.S. Military Operations Centralize Legal Decision-making? The growth of machine learning tools in military operations raises new questions about where the most critical decision points are located. Are the most important political,...
