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ai with ai: XLand, Simulation of Sweet Adventures

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Andy and Dave discuss the latest in AI news, including a story from MIT Technology Review (which echoes observations made previously on AI with AI) that “hundreds of AI tools have been built to catch COVID. None of them helped.” DeepMind has used its AlphaFold program to identify the structure for 98.5 percent of roughly 20,000 human proteins, and will make the information publicly available. The Pentagon makes use of machine learning algorithms to create decision space in the latest of Global Information Dominance Experiments. An Australian court rules that AI systems can be “inventors” under patent law (but not “owners”), and South Africa issues the world’s first patent to an “AI System.” The United States Special Operations Command put 300 of its personnel through a unique six-week crash course in AI, including leaders such as Google CEO Eric Schmidt and former Defense Secretary Ash Carter. And President Biden nominates Stanford professor Ramin Toloui, who has experience with AI technologies and impacts, as an Assistant Secretary of State for business. In research, DeepMind develop agents capable of “open-ended learning” in XLand, an environment with diverse tasks and challenges. A survey from the Journal of AI Research finds that AI researchers have varying amounts of trust in different organizations, companies, and governments. The Journal of Strategic Studies dedicates an issue to Emerging Technologies, with free access. Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel and Johanna Hardin make an Introduction to Modern Statistics open access with an option (or with proceeds going to OpenIntro, a US-based nonprofit). And Iyad Rahwan curates a collection of evil AI cartoons.

be “inventors” under patent law (but not “owners”), and South Africa issues the world’s first patent to an “AI System.” The United States Special Operations Command put 300 of its personnel through a unique

ai with ai: Tempus Fluit

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In COVID-related AI news, Andy and Dave discuss research from Texas &AM, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and SNY Binghamton, which demonstrates an automatic system for monitoring the physical distance and face mask wearing of construction workers; demonstrating how surveillance is rapidly becoming a widely available commodity technology. In regular news, the National Security Commission on AI releases its draft final report, which makes sweeping recommendations on AI as a constellation of technologies. The nominee for Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks, mentions AI and the JAIC at several points during her testimony. The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation releases a report on “Who Is Winning the AI Race,” using 30 different metrics to assess nations’ progress in AI. Amnesty International launches a campaign against facial recognition, dubbed “Ban the Scan.” And Scatter Lab pulls its Korean chatbot Lee Luda, after it started responding with racist and sexist comments to user inputs. In three “quick” research items, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School show that single neurons can encode information about others’ beliefs. Researchers at MIT and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria introduce a new class of time-continuous recurrent neural network models, which they dub liquid time-constant networks; the approach reduces the size of networks by nearly two orders of magnitude for some tasks. And researchers at the University of Toronto, Microsoft Research, and Cornell University show that Maia, a custom version of AlphaZero, can learn to predict human actions, rather than the most likely winning move. The report of the week looks at The Immigration Preferences of Top AI Researchers. And the book of the week contains almost 40 chapters and 60 authors on a variety of special operations-related topics, in Strategic Latency Unleashed. Listener Survey

of the Week Strategic Latency Unleashed: The Role of Technology in a Revisionist Global Order and the Implications for Special Forces Operations Book (581 page) ContactName /*/Contact ... almost 40 chapters and 60 authors on a variety of special operations-related topics, in Strategic Latency Unleashed. Listener Survey /images/AI-Posters/AI_4_17.jpg Tempus Fluit Announcements

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: The Collapse of the Afghan Security Forces (Part 2)

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In part two of their discussion, CNA counterterrorism experts Alex Powell and Jon Schroden sit down with James Cunningham the lead author for two comprehensive lessons learned reports published by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).  They discuss some positive takeaways from the development of the Afghan National Security Forces and what lessons the U.S. government can learn from Afghanistan. Timestamps by Topic 1:17 : Were there effective approaches to developing the Afghan National Security Forces? 7:05 : What lessons should the U.S. government learn from Afghanistan? 12:59 : Will the U.S. government make any actionable change because of these lessons?

state and non-state threats and challenges. Schroden has deployed or traveled to Afghanistan 13 times. Alex Powell  is an expert on terrorist group tactics, counterterrorism, and special operations ... lessons learned reports published by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).  They discuss some positive takeaways from the development of the Afghan National Security ... (Part 2) Guest Biographies James Cunningham is the lead author and project lead for two comprehensive lessons learned reports published by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

cna talks: The Collapse of the Afghan Security Forces (Part 1)

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In this episode, CNA counterterrorism experts Alex Powell and Jon Schroden sit down with James Cunningham the lead author for two comprehensive lessons learned reports published by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). They discuss the collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in the face of the Taliban offensive, how the Taliban were able to take territory with so little resistance and problems with how the U.S. military trained the ANDSF.

and non-state threats and challenges. Schroden has deployed or traveled to Afghanistan 13 times. Alex Powell  is an expert on terrorist group tactics, counterterrorism, and special operations forces ... reports published by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). They discuss the collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in the face ... ) Guest Biographies James Cunningham is the lead author and project lead for two comprehensive lessons learned reports published by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction focused

cna talks: Diversity & Inclusion in Wargaming

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On this episode of CNA Talks, Dr. Chris Ma discusses the Derby House Principles on Diversity and Inclusion in Professional Wargaming with their creators: Dr. Yuna Wong of the Institute for Defense Analyses, Professor Rex Brynen of McGill University, and Sally Davis of the UK Ministry of Defence.

series, and co-chaired the 2016 and 2017 Military Operations Research Society (MORS) special meetings on wargaming. Sally Davis is a senior analyst at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory ... Middle East politics, complex peace and humanitarian operations, and serious games. He is senior editor of the conflict simulation website PAXsims ( http://www.paxsims.org ). ContactName /*/Contact

CNA Analysts Share How 9/11 Impacted Their Careers

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Eight CNA analysts share the stories of how the events of September 11, 2001, shaped their careers.

to those who were lost when hijackers flew American Airlines Flight 77 into the building. Following that assignment, I spent four years as an on-site CNA field representative to a special operations

cna talks: The Largest Protest Movement in Israel's History

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For the past 3 months, Israel has experienced the largest mass protest movement in its history. The demonstrators oppose proposed judicial reforms, which if enacted would give the government greater control over appointing Supreme Court judges and allow its parliament to overrule Supreme Court decisions. In this episode, Samuel Plapinger returns to the podcast to discuss the protests, why they have been so effective, and what this portends for Netanyahu’s administration.

Samuel Plapinger is a Research Scientist with CNA’s Special Activities and Intelligence program . He is an expert on strategic competition, irregular warfare, combat effectiveness, insurgency ... Operations   ContactName /*/Contact/ContactName ContactTitle /*/Contact/JobTitle ContactEmail /*/Contact/Email ContactPhone /*/Contact/Phone 133 26523075

cna talks: Sea Power Podcast: NATO's Maritime Future with Joshua Tallis

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This episode originally aired on CIMSEC's Sea Control Podcas t. Special thanks to their team for allowing up to rebroadcast this episode.  Dr.  Joshua Tallis  joins the program to discuss the evolution of NATO's maritime command and control and the future for the Standing Naval Force. Dr. Tallis is a naval analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses, where he is a senior research scientist in the Operations Evaluation Group. He has embedded as an analyst with Carrier Strike Group Eight and most recently with U.S. Sixth Fleet. This episode was edited and produced by Nathan Miller.

Sea Power Podcast: NATO's Maritime Future with Joshua Tallis This episode originally aired on CIMSEC's Sea Control Podcas t. Special thanks to their team for allowing up to rebroadcast ... for Naval Analyses, where he is a senior research scientist in the Operations Evaluation Group. He has embedded as an analyst with Carrier Strike Group Eight and most recently with U.S. Sixth Fleet ... and Requirements Program . His expertise in ocean security, polar affairs, and the role of naval operations in U.S. foreign policy.  Links 1. " NATO’s Maritime Vigilance: Optimizing the Standing Naval Force

cna talks: The Strategic Value of Maritime Sabotage

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For centuries, sabotage has been a tool of war, but what role does it serve in today’s environment where great powers compete in the shadows and non-state actors are important global players. On this episode of CNA Talks, CNA analysts, Alex Powell and Annaleah Westerhaug join John Stimpson to discuss their report, “Maritime Sabotage: Lessons Learned and Implications for Strategic Competition.”

pertaining to special operations forces (SOF) as well as violent extremist organizations. His research on SOF has encompassed issues ranging from the strategic down to the tactical levels Annaleah