Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- 13h 10m 24s
- Paul Scharre
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- 2023
An award-winning defense expert tells the story of today's great power rivalry—the struggle to control artificial intelligence.
A new industrial revolution has begun. Like mechanization or electricity before it, artificial intelligence will touch every aspect of our lives—and cause profound disruptions in the balance of global power, especially among the AI superpowers: China, the United States, and Europe. Autonomous weapons expert Paul Scharre takes listeners inside the fierce competition to develop and implement this game-changing technology and dominate the future.
Four Battlegrounds argues that four key elements define this struggle: data, computing power, talent, and institutions. Data is a vital resource like coal or oil, but it must be collected and refined. Advanced computer chips are the essence of computing power-control over chip supply chains grants leverage over rivals. Talent is about people: which country attracts the best researchers and most advanced technology companies? The fourth "battlefield" is maybe the most critical: the ultimate global leader in AI will have institutions that effectively incorporate AI into their economy, society, and especially their military.
About the Author
Paul Scharre is a former U.S. Army Ranger who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The author of the award-winning study of autonomous weapons, Army of None, he is currently vice president and director of studies at the Center for a New American Security. He lives in Virginia.
In this Audiobook
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INTRODUCTION
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Chapter 1 - THE NEW OIL
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Chapter 2 - DATA
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Chapter 3 - COMPUTE
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Chapter 4 - TALENT
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Chapter 5 - INSTITUTIONS
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Chapter 6 - A WINNING HAND
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Chapter 7 - MAVEN
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Chapter 8 - REVOLT
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Chapter 9 - SPUTNIK MOMENT
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Chapter 10 - TERROR
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Chapter 11 - SHARP EYES
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Chapter 12 - A BETTER WORLD
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Chapter 13 - PANOPTICON
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Chapter 14 - DYSTOPIA
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Chapter 15 - DISINFORMATION
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Chapter 16 - SYNTHETIC REALITY
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Chapter 17 - TRANSFORMATION
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Chapter 18 - BOT WARS
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Chapter 19 - FUSION
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Chapter 20 - HARMONY
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Chapter 21 - STRANGLEHOLD
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Chapter 22 - ROBOTICS ROW
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Chapter 23 - PROJECT VOLTRON
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Chapter 24 - FOUNDATION
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Chapter 25 - THE WRONG KIND LETHALITY
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Chapter 26 - JEDI
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Chapter 27 - DISRUPTION
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Chapter 28 - CONTROL
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Chapter 29 - POISON
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Chapter 30 - TRUST
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Chapter 31 - RACE TO THE BOTTOM
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Chapter 32 - ALIEN INTELLIGENCE
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Chapter 33 - BATTLEFIELD SINGULARITY
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Chapter 34 - RESTRAINT
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Chapter 35 - THE FUTURE OF AI
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CONCLUSION
