Welcome to the hudson institute. Ein senior fellow at the institute of we are here to talk with Christian Brose whose new book, the kill chain, is in the future of hightech warfare that Christian Brose just released. Chris is a former staff director for the Senate Armed Services committee an and prior to that e Senior Policy Adviser for senator john mccain and previously held other positions in the government. Right now he is the chief surgeon to build capabilities for the military as well as for the department of homeland security. We can talk about that as we go through the interview. But thank you for being with us today. So, just to start off, what led you to do this but i know youve been thinking about these issues for a while and obviously something that you have encountered during your time onn the surface kennedy and senator mccain is the policy adviser. But what was the genesis of sitting down and writing the entire book . Guest its a great question i ask myself constant const
It seems one thing to rely on his Mission Command in such a way they were willing to use their own initiative, tactics that might not ordinarily be what they returned to based on doctor and. The willingness of us leaders to take advantage of their own initiative and ability to improvise could be an advantage where you have to use your own Unmanned Systems to come up with a tactic in the absence of the planning staff or higher direction. Might be a former competitive edge. The challenge is the United States military, we are much better positioned to do that, an adversary that is very topdown, inherent distrust in the lower ranks, 100 advantage we have but that is something we have to relearn after 20 years where we practice a lot of Mission Command in a lot of places the ladies are structured. That brings me to a point a lot of people will last, on the writing of the subject you dont have to transition to the robot force of Autonomous Systems right away and even at 10 contribution for A
Hello and welcome to tonight commonwealth program. Im a Technology Reporter with washington post. Please to be the moderator for tonights program on critical topic. The historical importance of the transformation from on by Artificial Intelligence and virtual environments. As we have seen so acutely the past three months, the covid19 pandemic and social media and the killing of george floyd in minneapolis in the aftermath. Technology in online environments guide every aspect of our lives. Tonight i am pleased to be joined by silicone valley pioneers to discuss these issues further. William davidow and michael malone. Their new book, the autonmous revolution, reclaiming the future to be sold to machines. They dove deeply into the revolution there are living through regarding ai virtual environment. The book could be purchased everywhere including cn. Com. A little bit about tonights features. The cofounder of the capital. Earlier in his career he worked at intel rated and is credited as
And i ended up writing a column about it. It began a conversation with chris that was part of his effort to develop this book and the arguments in it. Want to ask chris to take us all on a journey he has been on. He has shared some with me over the years. The book starts with a really chilling account of what would happen in the first hours and days of a war with china. Maybe that is a good place to people whyaining to we have a problem when it comes to technology. Chris thank you, david. I appreciate your friendship and guidance throughout this whole process. It has been invaluable. With the timens is spent on the Senate Armed Services committee, the better part of a decade supporting the committee and senator mccain, looking closely at the u. S. Military, how we were investing money and werent investing money and ultimately, how we match up against emerging great power competitors, first and foremost china. The reason i wrote the book was a concern i had then add have now that we are
An air blockade on the country increased military activity on the border between azerbaijan and armenia with casualties on both sides. And really well into the sports news and as saudi arabia tries to take over a premier league club. That announces that its canceling the license of one of the premier leagues Biggest Group calls parties be in sports details coming out this hour and billions reaction to. Chinese Telecommunications Giant huawei will be banned from the u. K. s 5 g. Network the move which is a major backtrack on the British Governments previous position were likely delay the rollout of the network by at least a year the ban follows sanctions imposed by the us which claims the company poses and National Security threat qua way denies this of the u. K. s mobile provide. Will not be able to buy any new huawei 5 g. Equipment after the september 31st they have also been given 7 years to remove all while away 5 g. Equipment presently in their systems 3 g. And 4 g. Equipment can s