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Foreign Affairs The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes and the Future of War Arthur Conan Doyle’s farsighted analyses of the First World War hold lessons for the dawning drone era. The Trump administration’s struggle against Iran entered a new phase on August 23, when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared that an “economic D-Day” is coming for Iran. That is, embargoes and tough talk, but not bombs. The New York Times described President Donald Trump’s situation: “He finds himself stuck in a maddening purgatory between full-fledged combat and genuine peace.” (As we know, the administration regards the Times as not only…Open
The U.S. holds an "extremely small" lead on China in the AI race, in part because authoritarian governments have certain advantages in deploying new technology, Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey said in a new episode of "The Axios Show." Why it matters: Having Beijing dominate AI — and thus set the rules of the road globally — is considered a risk to U.S. national and economic security. What they're saying: China has done a "very good job of distilling our models, copying a lot of our technology, leveraging open-source AI advancements and getting those advancements into fielding — not just with the military, but also their police state, their surveillance apparatus," he said. - "I'm not saying we need to build a police…
The U.S. lacks the "political will" and popular consensus to put boots on the ground in Iran after decades of "adventures" in the Middle East, Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey said on "The Axios Show." Why it matters: Three weeks into the Iran war, the U.S. is sending thousands of Marines to the region, with growing uncertainty about what actually comes next. Driving the news: "Our adventures in the Middle East of the last couple decades have robbed America of its ability to sustain a boots-on-the-ground campaign," said Luckey, whose $60 billion company builds everything from drones to missiles to electronic warfare tools. - "Maybe I'll be eating my words in a week, but I don't think that we have it in us." - "The Axios Show"…
Palmer Luckey, who founded the defense tech start-up Anduril, has become the It Guy as President Trump aims to modernize the U.S. military with autonomous weapons.