> And one of the things to know about war is that the offense always has the advantage because you can always overwhelm the defensive systems.
This is not actually one of the things to know about war. It's about as far from the truth as you can get.
This is not actually one of the things to know about war. It's about as far from the truth as you can get.
Something to keep in mind when reading his other pronouncements.
Betrays the reality of them being "serial lottery winners".
I think war in ukraine shows that hord of very cheap sea drones can even thread a fleet of warships.
[0] https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-08-09/weapons-st...
The use of AI/robots in war is probably not a good way to ingrain into people how to avoid conflicts either: as sad as it sound, let them get a taste of it first hand, and that'll probably calm things down more efficiently: not for a few hours/days, but decades.
> This is not actually one of the things to know about war. It's about as far from the truth as you can get.
... Unless you are writing the rules of war:
"Secretary of Defense Ash Carter appointed Schmidt as chairman of the DoD Innovation Advisory Board announced March 2, 2016. It will be modeled like the Defense Business Board and will facilitate the Pentagon at becoming more innovative and adaptive.
In August 2020, Schmidt launched the podcast Reimagine with Eric Schmidt.[71][72] In December 2021, Schmidt joined Chainlink Labs as a strategic advisor.[73] In October 2022, he co-authored a piece titled "America Could Lose the Tech Contest With China" for Foreign Affairs with Ylli Bajraktari, former executive director of the U.S. National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.[74] In March 2023, Schmidt testified at a U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing regarding AI.
In 2022, Schmidt was appointed to the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, a legislative commission charged with making policy recommendations to Congress and the Executive Branch.[1]"
"Since 2023, Schmidt has been involved in building White Stork, a startup developing suicide attack drones.[2]"
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt
[2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahemerson/2024/01/23/eric-sc...
Remember when Georgia invaded Russia?
We don't actually. Care to elaborate?
Germany got's industrial base absolutely shattered while the non-defending US was able to use its industrial base to supply arms for 4 fronts (vs Germany, in Africa, for Russia, vs Japan).