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Military technology analyst Paul Scharre of the Center for a New American Security joins Robert Wright to discuss how new military technologies are changing the nature of war—in Iran, Ukraine and elsewhere—and whether US military tech is falling behind. Plus: Will AI make war more or less bloody?
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0:00 Overtime teaser
0:55 Paul’s military tech bona fides
3:00 What we (should) have learned from the Iran war
12:20 Is the Pentagon buying the wrong weapons?
19:39 Ukraine as frontline for the drone revolution
25:08 Are the robot wars near?
32:06 America’s drone deficit
36:00 Does the Pentagon have a Silicon Valley problem?
42:08 Will AI really make war less bloody?
50:43 Heading to Overtime
Discussed in Overtime:
Paul’s tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Would war be more humane without humans in the loop?
How good is the Patriot missile, really?
The Gulf’s naval drone gulf.
Paul’s current mission in Washington.
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Scharre (Center for a New American Security, Army of None, Four Battlegrounds).
Twitter: twitter.com/NonzeroPods
Military technology analyst Paul Scharre of the Center for a New American Security joins Robert Wright to discuss how new military technologies are changing the nature of war—in Iran, Ukraine and elsewhere—and whether US military tech is falling behind. Plus: Will AI make war more or less bloody?
Subscribe to The NonZero Newsletter at: nonzero.org/subscribe
Exclusive Overtime discussion: nonzero.org/p/iran-ukraine-and-the-future-of-war
Join NonZero's Discord server: discord.gg/Zy4jAhTQMF
0:00 Overtime teaser
0:55 Paul’s military tech bona fides
3:00 What we (should) have learned from the Iran war
12:20 Is the Pentagon buying the wrong weapons?
19:39 Ukraine as frontline for the drone revolution
25:08 Are the robot wars near?
32:06 America’s drone deficit
36:00 Does the Pentagon have a Silicon Valley problem?
42:08 Will AI really make war less bloody?
50:43 Heading to Overtime
Discussed in Overtime:
Paul’s tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Would war be more humane without humans in the loop?
How good is the Patriot missile, really?
The Gulf’s naval drone gulf.
Paul’s current mission in Washington.
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Scharre (Center for a New American Security, Army of None, Four Battlegrounds).
Twitter: twitter.com/NonzeroPods
