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ai with ai: AI with AI: Quickly Followed by DARPA’s Counter-Balrog Challenge

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Welcome to Version 2.0 of AI with AI! Dave starts off by trying to explain the weird podcast titles, and he plugs Andy’s ( @ai_ilachinski ) and his ( @crypticnarwhal ) Twitter accounts. Andy and Dave then get down to business discussing Britain’s “successful” trials of using AI (“SAPIENT”) in urban battlefield scanning to identify enemy movements; the IEEE launches an ethics certification program for autonomous and intelligent systems; the U.S. Department of Energy invests $218M in Quantum Information Science; and DARPA announces the Subterranean Challenge, for technologies to augment underground operations, and wherein Dave makes a dire prediction of Tolkien-proportions! Andy and Dave then delve greedily and deeply into a series of topics of counter-AI. They start by discussing Dedrone, which has developed a capability to detect and track swarms (of robots/drones). Researchers in Korea use an AI-enabled drone to herd flocks of birds (diverting them from designated airspace). Researchers at the University of Albany, with GE, demonstrate the ability to attack object detectors (Faster Regional Convolutional Neural Networks) using imperceptible patches on the background; and researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, with Intel, announce ShapeShifter, a targeted physical attack on Faster R-CNN object detectors found in “state-of-the-art” detectors (such as the current generation of self-driving vehicles). On the other side, Luca de Alfaro at the University of California, Santa Cruz, published research into creating neural networks with built-in resistance to adversarial attacks, by reducing the neural networks’ “local linearity.” After a quick touch on research from Google Research on simplifying and compacting neural networks (for resource-constrained devices) without floating-point operations or multiplications, Andy recommends a paper on Learning Causality; August Cole’s Angry Trident makes the story of the week; Interpretable Machine Learning (by Molnar) is the book of the week, along with Pattern Classification by Duda, Hart, and Stork; and Christopher Moore explores the Limits of Computation in a two-part video series.

versions Pattern Classification , by Richard Duda, Peter Hart, and David Stork The Nature of Computation , by Cristopher Moore and Stephan Mertens Videos of the Week The Limits

cna talks: Alliance Wedge Strategies: China

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In great power strategic competition, states deploy wedge strategies to divide, weaken, and prevent opposing alliances. In part one of a two-part series on the topic, host David Wallsh moderates a discussion on Chinese wedge strategies in the Indo-Pacific and how the United States can address this challenge.  

Alliance Wedge Strategies: China In great power strategic competition, states deploy wedge strategies to divide, weaken, and prevent opposing alliances. In part one of a two-part series on the topic, host David Wallsh moderates a discussion on Chinese wedge strategies in the Indo-Pacific and how the United States can address this challenge.   Alliance Wedge Strategies: China /images/podcasts/CNA_KeyArt_Talks_1920x1080.jpg Biographies  David Wallsh is a Senior Research Scientist in CNA’s Strategy, Policy, Plans, and Programs Division. Dr. Wallsh is an expert in alliance politics

cna talks: Viral Extremism

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Pamela Faber and Megan McBride sit down with David Knoll to discuss their new report Viral Extremism, which examines how Violent Extremist Organizations (VEOs) are capitalizing on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Viral Extremism Pamela Faber and Megan McBride sit down with David Knoll to discuss their new report Viral Extremism, which examines how Violent Extremist Organizations (VEOs) are capitalizing on the COVID-19 pandemic. Viral Extremism Biographies David Knoll is an expert in military innovation, irregular warfare and non-state armed groups. Pamela Faber is an expert in security and development in conflict and post-conflict regions in Africa and the Middle East. Megan McBride is a Research Analyst in CNA’s Combatting Threats and Challenges Program. ContactName /*/Contact

cna talks: Russia's Role in the Libyan Civil War

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On this episode, Kate Baughman, David Knoll and Kasey Stricklin discuss the Libyan civil war and how a Russian private military company is tilting the balance of power.

Russia's Role in the Libyan Civil War On this episode, Kate Baughman, David Knoll and Kasey Stricklin discuss the Libyan civil war and how a Russian private military company is tilting the balance of power. Russia's Role in the Libyan Civil War Biographies Katherine Baughman   is a research assistant with the Russia Studies Program. Her recent research focuses on Russian information warfare, specializing in Russian, Central European, and East European foreign and domestic policy. David Knoll   is an expert in military innovation, irregular warfare and non-state armed groups. He has

cna talks: The War on Terror, 18 Years Later

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On the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Jon Schroden and David Knoll reflect on eighteen years of the War on Terror.

The War on Terror, 18 Years Later On the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Jon Schroden and David Knoll reflect on eighteen years of the War on Terror. The War on Terror, 18 Years Later Biographies Jonathan Schroden   directs the Stability and Development Program. Schroden is an expert on special operations forces, terrorism/counterterrorism, indigenous force development, security force assistance, insurgency/counterinsurgency, unconventional warfare, stability operations and operations assessment. David Knoll   is an expert in military innovation, irregular warfare and non-state

cna talks: U.S. Withdrawal From Syria

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Following the administration’s December 2018 announcement that U.S. forces would withdraw from Syria, CNA experts Michael Kofman and David Wallsh discuss how this will affect the state of play between U.S. allies and adversaries in the region. They question whether the U.S. has in fact defeated ISIS in Syria, and discuss how the withdrawal may leave the area vulnerable to a resurgence and to ongoing conflict between Turkey and the Kurdish fighters, both allies of the U.S. Kofman posits that the withdrawal will further Russian interests, while Wallsh adds that it may also play a role in a war of attrition between Iran and Israel.

U.S. Withdrawal From Syria Following the administration’s December 2018 announcement that U.S. forces would withdraw from Syria, CNA experts Michael Kofman and David Wallsh discuss how this will affect the state of play between U.S. allies and adversaries in the region. They question whether the U.S. has in fact defeated ISIS in Syria, and discuss how the withdrawal may leave the area ... that it may also play a role in a war of attrition between Iran and Israel. U.S. Withdrawal From Syria Biographies David Wallsh   is an expert in Middle East affairs and international security issues

cna talks: China's 20th Party Conference

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Video Link to this Podcast:   https://youtu.be/Aly90z-1-eI Featuring: Dr. David Finkelstein , Vice President and Director, China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division,  Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick , Senior Research Scientist, China Studies Program, and Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University, Dr. April Herlevi Senior Research Scientist, Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Program. For a recent analysis of the CCP Congress report see our InDepth blog posts by David Finkelstein and Brian Waidelich.

China's 20th Party Conference Video Link to this Podcast:   https://youtu.be/Aly90z-1-eI Featuring: Dr. David Finkelstein , Vice President and Director, China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division,  Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick , Senior Research Scientist, China Studies Program, and Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University, Dr. April Herlevi Senior Research Scientist, Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Program. For a recent analysis of the CCP Congress report see our InDepth blog posts by David Finkelstein and Brian Waidelich. China's 20th Party

cna talks: The Navy and Strategic Competition with China

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The Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Navy asked CNA for recommendations on how the Navy can better position itself for such competition, that is, below the threshold of armed conflict. In this episode, three experts from across CNA join the show to discuss their specific recommendations and what the future fleet needs to look like to implement them. 

The Navy and Strategic Competition with China The Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Navy asked CNA for recommendations on how the Navy can better position itself for such competition, that is, below the threshold of armed conflict. In this episode, three experts from across CNA join the show to discuss their specific recommendations and what the future fleet needs to look like to implement them.  The Navy and Strategic Competition with China Guest Biographies David M. Finkelstein  is vice president and director of CNA's  China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division

cna talks: Alliance Wedge Strategies: Russia

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In great power strategic competition, states deploy wedge strategies to divide, weaken, and prevent opposing alliances. In part two of a two-part series on the topic, host David Wallsh moderates a discussion on Russia's wedge strategies in the Global South and how the United States can address this challenge.

Alliance Wedge Strategies: Russia In great power strategic competition, states deploy wedge strategies to divide, weaken, and prevent opposing alliances. In part two of a two-part series on the topic, host David Wallsh moderates a discussion on Russia's wedge strategies in the Global South and how the United States can address this challenge. Alliance Wedge Strategies: Russia /images/podcasts/CNA_KeyArt_Talks_1920x1080.jpg Dmitry Gorenburg   is a Senior Research Scientist with CNA’s Russia Studies program. He is an expert on security issues in the former Soviet Union, the Russian

cna talks: The Most Challenging Recruiting Year on Record?

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Every branch of the military is struggling to meet its fiscal year 2022 recruiting goals. Marine General David Ottignon recently told Congress that 2022 is “arguably the most challenging recruiting year since the inception of the all-volunteer force.” In this episode, we explore what is driving these challenges and how the military can adapt its recruiting strategizes to the modern media environment.

The Most Challenging Recruiting Year on Record? Every branch of the military is struggling to meet its fiscal year 2022 recruiting goals. Marine General David Ottignon recently told Congress that 2022 is “arguably the most challenging recruiting year since the inception of the all-volunteer force.” In this episode, we explore what is driving these challenges and how the military can adapt its recruiting strategizes to the modern media environment. The Most Challenging Recruiting Year on Record? Elizabeth Clelan   is a Principal Research Scientist in CNA’s ​Marine Corps