The United States’ post-Cold War military superiority is eroding. Having witnessed U.S. military operations for the past three decades, our potential adversaries have realized that our superiority can be mitigated via game-changing advances in a number of technologies. During the … Read the rest
8. Why do I have to go first?!
(Editor’s Note: The Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased to present the following, our inaugural guest blog post by Mr. Pat Filbert! If you are interested in submitting a guest post, please select “Guest Bloggers” from the menu above)
“Reports … Read the rest
7. Timeless Competitions
The nature of war remains inherently humanistic and largely unchanging. That said, Mad Scientists must understand the changing character of warfare in the future Operational Environment, as discussed on pages 16-18 of The Operational Environment and the Changing Character of … Read the rest
6. Trends in Autonomy
“Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.” – Daniel H. Pink
During the Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Autonomy Conference, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), 7-8 March 2017, Mad Scientists addressed how these interdependent technologies will exercise key roles … Read the rest
5. Personalized Warfare
The future of warfare, much like the future of commerce, will be personalized.
Emerging threat capabilities targeting the genome; manipulating individual’s personal interests, lives, and familial ties; and subtle coercive / subversive avenues of attack against the human brain … Read the rest