How Project Maven taught the military to love AI
TL;DR
In the first 24 hours of the assault on Iran, the US military struck more than 1,000 targets, nearly double the scale of the "shock and awe" attack on Iraq over two decades ago.
Key Points
- This acceleration was made possible by AI systems that speed up the targeting process.
- Chief among them is the Maven Smart System.
Nauti's Take
Project Maven shows how transformative AI already is in warfare — doubling strike capacity in 24 hours is no longer hypothetical. Manson's book does important work by bringing this story out of the tech bubble.
The harder question: the faster AI accelerates lethal decisions, the more urgently we need international rules to govern it.
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