Too Much Tech Can Ruin Wargames
The U.S. defense community has developed a healthy obsession with innovation. AI, modeling and simulation, machine learning — these are the buzzwords driving conversations about the future of warfare. But when it comes to integrating these technologies into one of the military’s most valuable tools for strategic insight — the wargame — the defense community would do well to proceed with caution.Over the past few years there has been increasing discussion within the wargaming community about the need to integrate AI, data-driven models, and computer simulations into military wargames. There have been a series of articles, books, special issues of The post Too Much Tech Can Ruin Wargames appeared first on War on the Rocks.
The U.S. defense community has developed a healthy obsession with innovation. AI, modeling and simulation, machine learning — these are the buzzwords driving conversations about the future of warfare. But when it comes to integrating these technologies into one of the military’s most valuable tools for strategic insight — the wargame — the defense community would do well to proceed with caution.Over the past few years there has been increasing discussion within the wargaming community about the need to integrate AI, data-driven models, and computer simulations into military wargames. There have been a series of articles, books, special issues of
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