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Strategy, Evolution, and War

From Apes to Artificial Intelligence

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Strategy, Evolution, and War

By: Kenneth Payne
Narrated by: Eric Burgher
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Decisions about war have always been made by humans, but now, intelligent machines are on the cusp of changing things, with dramatic consequences for international affairs. This book explores the evolutionary origins of human strategy and makes a provocative argument that artificial intelligence will radically transform the nature of war by changing the psychological basis of decision-making about violence.

Strategy, Evolution, and War is a cautionary preview of how artificial intelligence (AI) will revolutionize strategy more than any development in the last 3,000 years of military history. Kenneth Payne describes strategy as an evolved package of conscious and unconscious behaviors with roots in our primate ancestry. Our minds were shaped by the need to think about warfare, a constant threat for early humans. As a result, we developed a sophisticated and strategic intelligence.

Rather than being just another tool of war, AI will dramatically speed up decision-making and use very different cognitive processes, including when deciding to launch an attack or escalate violence. AI will change the essence of strategy, the organization of armed forces, and the international order.

This book is a fascinating examination of the psychology of strategy from prehistoric times, the ancient world, and into the modern age.

The book is published by Georgetown University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

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