Tomorrow Wars

As the military fights gun battles in caves, a look at the robots in development for the future of cave warfare.

Robots will make cave war safer for the humans doing the attacking in the future, but that is still at least a decade away.

3 years ago

Why has AI remained cutting edge and imminent for decades?

Lessons for the future of AI from a document about future AI published in 1980

3 years ago

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A look at hazards in space, from the Tomorrow Wars newsletter

In the latest issue of the Tomorrow Wars newsletter, a look at understanding risk in space, and the process of converting that mathematical debate into plain language.

Landmines are a weapon set in the present and fired at the future.

In the latest issue of the Tomorrow Wars newsletter, a discussion of how explosives made in the present can carry harm decades, sometimes even centuries, into the future.

3 years ago

From the Tomorrow Wars newsletter: what happens when robots imitate life

From pigeon-feather robots to self-healing mechanical joints, lessons for robots from the world of biology.

3 years ago

The Imperfect Panopticon

For the Tomorrow Wars newsletter, a look at the way personal devices bring new vulnerabilities to the battlefield.

3 years ago

"Hypersonic Santa" and modern mythologizing around weapons that can end the world.

In this Christmas-themed newsletter, a look at how a wrong number led to an easy myth for explaining missile risk, sort of.

3 years ago

Does the Pentagon even have the metaphorical language to describe data?

In this latest issue of the Tomorrow Wars newsletter, a look at metaphors for data in the Pentagon.

3 years ago

Tomorrow Wars: Re-thinking vulnerability

There are more lessons for present security from a "cyberattack" in 1834 than you might imagine.

3 years ago

In this 11th issue of Tomorrow Wars, a discussion of supply chains and security

Informed by discussions at the 2019 CyberCon, a look at supply chain risk.

3 years ago

"The Cloud of War," issue 10 of Volume 1 of Tomorrow Wars

In this Tomorrow Wars newsletter, a look at the coming JEDI contract, and what it means to create a cloud city specifically in the sights of every adversary.

3 years ago

Volume 1 Issue 9 of Tomorrow Wars: The Silver Bulletin

In this AUSA edition of Tomorrow Wars, a look at incomplete answers to complex problems.

3 years ago

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