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What are we doing here?
Thoughts on academia, slop and AI
Oct 22 • 
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Building an AI strategist
An update on the USM - my general purpose strategic simulator
Sep 29 • 
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(Artificial) minds, strategy and The Three Body Problem
Or, why the aliens are already among us
May 2 • 
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Towards a Universal Schelling Machine
A Manifesto
Apr 1 • 
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Should Ukraine trust Russia, or Trump?
What my AI strategists can teach us about Ukraine’s peace negotiations
Mar 12 • 
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Tit for tat? Screw that!
Axelrod versus the machine
Feb 28 • 
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The strategic implications of military AI
My thoughts at Wilton Park
Jul 5, 2024 • 
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The ‘Oppenheimer moment’ for AI … is bunkum.
Analogies at war redux
May 22, 2024 • 
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Arms racing and the prospect of regulating autonomous weapons
More reflections on the inter-state AI conference in Vienna
May 3, 2024 • 
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Autonomous weapons and the dehumanisation of conflict
Thoughts after the Vienna conference
May 3, 2024 • 
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Drone Wars
The MoD has a new strategy for uncrewed platforms. Is it the right one?*
Mar 1, 2024 • 
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Robo-recruits to the army's rescue?
Victory goes to the big battalions - does it matter if they're human?
Jan 30, 2024 • 
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