Second Breakfast:  Gaza, SOUTHCOM, AI Nuke Analogies Stink,  Generals Using AI (with M. Horowitz and L. Kahn!) - podcast episode cover

Second Breakfast: Gaza, SOUTHCOM, AI Nuke Analogies Stink, Generals Using AI (with M. Horowitz and L. Kahn!)

Oct 17, 20251 hr 4 min
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Episode description

Guests today include Michael Horowitz (Penn now, in the Biden years was DAS for Force Development and Emerging Capabilities + Director of the Emerging Capabilities Policy Office) and Lauren Kahn (worked with Michael in the DoD, now at CSET).

The book that Mike recommended is free to download online! https://history.army.mil/portals/143/Images/Publications/catalog/30-4.pdf

Outtro Music: The Shirelles, Soldier Boy

00:00 Gaza and the Middle East Peace Process

06:26 US-Latin American Policy and Military Engagement

10:38 AI and Nuclear Weapons: A Seductive Analogy

17:47 Nuclear Energy vs. AI: Lessons in Governance

20:02 The Future of AI in Military Operations

31:46 Transforming Military Lessons with AI

37:38 Operational Surprise and Historical Context

45:55 Social Acceptability of Military Technologies

57:59 Ethics and Accuracy in AI Warfare


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