… Exploring the Operational Environment
Gene editing could play a significant role in the execution of China’s Intelligentized warfare concept by enabling the country to create genetically modified soldiers with enhanced physical and cognitive abilities.
[Editor’s Note: The Army’s Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased … Read the rest
“It made me think: Am I asking humans the right questions, let alone am I asking machines the right questions?”
[Editor’s Note: In recent weeks, Mad Scientist Laboratory has featured a number of podcasts and associated blog posts exploring … Read the rest
“Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Army’s endeavors primarily manifested as reactive responses rather than proactive prevention measures that could have been particularly successful in mitigating the spread of the virus.”
[Editor’s Note: Now that the great global disruptor COVID-19 … Read the rest
“We found that people systematically were more willing to reveal confidential or sensitive information to a virtual human than to a real person”
[Editor’s Note: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an emerging game-changer technology for our Warfighters — … Read the rest
[Editor’s Note: Regular readers of the Mad Scientist Laboratory know that human migration into ever growing urban centers is one of the key trends we track regarding the Operational Environment. Half of the world’s population migrated to urban … Read the rest