Mad Scientist Laboratory

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

At the Visualizing Multi Domain Battle 2030-2050 Conference, Georgetown University, 25-26 July 2017, Mad Scientists addressed the requirement for United States policymakers and warfighters to address the ethical dilemmas arising from an ever-increasing convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and … Read the rest

Will future Soldiers be augmented hyper-enhanced fighters; a force manager of unmanned and autonomous/semi-autonomous systems; or an amalgamation of the two?

Conflict in the Mid-21st Century will witness the proliferation of unmanned, robotic, semi-autonomous, and autonomous weapons, platforms, and combatants … Read the rest

Small Wars Journal recently posted a Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) assessment entitled “An Advanced Engagement Battlespace: Tactical, Operational and Strategic Implications for the Future Operational Environment.” Developed in response to a question from the Army Chief of … Read the rest

Welcome to the Mad Scientist Laboratory, a marketplace of ideas about the future of our society, work, and conflict. Mad Scientist is a U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) initiative and community of action that continually explores the future … Read the rest