Artificial Intelligence in Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency, with Retired Gen. Stan McChrystal and Dr. Anshu Roy
Nick Lopez and Kyle Atwell | 01.01.21
What role do information and intelligence play in counterinsurgency? How can artificial intelligence assist in tracking and identifying insurgent or terrorist activity? What are some of the opportunities and challenges of using AI in irregular warfare contexts?
Retired Gen. Stan McChrystal and Dr. Anshu Roy tackle those questions and more in this episode of the Irregular Warfare Podcast. They observe that with more technology and sensors on the battlefield, governments battling insurgents face an issue of information overload. They argue that AI allows counterinsurgent and counterterrorist forces to aggregate and process massive amounts of data that illuminates and even predicts insurgent activity. However, there are challenges that come with this groundbreaking opportunity.
Retired Gen. Stan McChrystal is the founder and CEO of the McChrystal Group, which advises senior executives at multinational corporations. Gen. McChrystal is the former commander of both the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and Joint Special Operations Command. He is a best-selling author and is on the boards of several companies. Gen. McChrystal is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and the Naval War College.
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