Why did the US Navy reinstate celestial navigation as part of its curriculum a few years ago? Well, you can’t hack a sextant. In the seventh episode of the third season of “Things That Go Boom,” our partner podcast from PRX, host Laicie Heeley looks at some of the vulnerabilities that come with an overreliance on high-tech defense systems. Guests Peter Singer and August Cole are national security experts who have taken to writing futuristic techno-thrillers to sound a few alarms. Among their warnings: The opening battles of World War III won’t happen on a battlefield, and they will probably be silent.
Guests:
Peter Singer, strategist and senior fellow at New America
August Cole, non-resident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council
Additional reading:
Burn-In, Forbes.
Ghost Fleet, The Diplomat.
China Uses AI To Enhance Totalitarian Control, The Atlantic.