I currently work in the AI sector re: U.S. national defense, and I had no idea this book existed. I’m pretty sure I speak for my community.
I fully agree with your thought here, Jon:
He says that government should also employ top talent in the industry who "are compensated competitively with the private sector" (259). Good luck with that. There is too much anti-government sentiment in this country to make that realistic, I think.
I’d add that there is a big three-legged stool of broad trends supporting your argument: Silicon Valley sets the pace in AI development. China has no scruples like the regulatory regime in view here. DoD is an oral culture whose top AI buyers will buy the best of what’s around.
Dr. Craig Martell, DoD’s Chief Data and AI Officer (CDAO) knows has led DoD down a strong middle ground approach to require human-centered AI use cases. The black boxes of AI’s LLMs and other generative features not winning out, credit to him.
That means China, not regulation in the U.S., will likely set the pace for how nations are forced to use AI for self-defense, or risk letting Xi use it and China’s powerful Military-Civil Fusion strategy, to reshape the global order.
I wrote a 200+ word comment then backed off. Happy to post here or on my Substack to drive some dialog. Because we need it.
Great reading of what looks like a great book.
I currently work in the AI sector re: U.S. national defense, and I had no idea this book existed. I’m pretty sure I speak for my community.
I fully agree with your thought here, Jon:
He says that government should also employ top talent in the industry who "are compensated competitively with the private sector" (259). Good luck with that. There is too much anti-government sentiment in this country to make that realistic, I think.
I’d add that there is a big three-legged stool of broad trends supporting your argument: Silicon Valley sets the pace in AI development. China has no scruples like the regulatory regime in view here. DoD is an oral culture whose top AI buyers will buy the best of what’s around.
Dr. Craig Martell, DoD’s Chief Data and AI Officer (CDAO) knows has led DoD down a strong middle ground approach to require human-centered AI use cases. The black boxes of AI’s LLMs and other generative features not winning out, credit to him.
That means China, not regulation in the U.S., will likely set the pace for how nations are forced to use AI for self-defense, or risk letting Xi use it and China’s powerful Military-Civil Fusion strategy, to reshape the global order.
I wrote a 200+ word comment then backed off. Happy to post here or on my Substack to drive some dialog. Because we need it.