[Linkpost] “Interview with a drone expert on the future of AI warfare” by NunoSempere, rai

This is a link post.

A conversation with Paul Scharre, author of Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, who joins us to talk about

• how AI's superhuman command and control abilities will change the battlefield
• why offense/defense balance isn’t a well-defined concept
• “race to the bottom” dynamics for autonomous weapons
• how a US/taiwan conlict in the age of drones might play out
• and more…

Transcript

Rai Sur 00:00:36

Today we’re speaking with Paul Scharre. Paul is the Executive Vice President at the Center for a New American Security and the author of Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. He also formerly worked at the Pentagon on emerging technologies. Welcome, Paul.

Paul Scharre 00:00:52

Thanks for having me.

Rai Sur 00:00:53

We’re also joined by Sentinel forecaster and co-founder Nuno Sempere, Sentinel Superforecaster Lisa, and Superforecaster Scott Eastman, whose specialty is in geopolitics, epidemiology [...]

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First published:
October 9th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/4DeWPdPeBmJsEGJJn/interview-with-a-drone-expert-on-the-future-of-ai-warfare

Linkpost URL:
https://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/how-strategic-ai-will-revolutionize

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.