Autonomous Power: From War to Peace in the I-Robot Millennium

Abstract

At its core, this thesis is about ways and means exponentiation. In the national strategic planning calculus, when the strategy for applying ways and means outstrips desired ends, the resulting outcome is risk. Autonomous power, the fruitful combination of artificial intelligence with autonomy, creates a method of producing ways and means at a scale unprecedented in human history, driving down risk. Imagine if a nation could accomplish all of the ends dictated by core national interests and still possess a surplus of ways and means designated for accomplishing the altruistic endeavors that so frequently lose out in a world hamstrung by limited resources. So powerful is this new concept that it bears consideration as a new element of national power, perhaps even more dominant than the diplomatic, information, military and economic elements of the past.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 25, 2015
Accession Number
ADA624750

Entities

People

  • Frank B. Schreiber

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Autonomous Weapons
  • Autonomy
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Control Systems
  • Employment
  • International Relations
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy