Bargains! PROMOTIONS
Anthony King is professor of war studies and director of the Strategy and Security Institute at the University of Exeter. He is the author of Command: The Twenty-First-Century General and Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First Century.
""A truly thought-provoking tour de force."" * War on the Rocks * ""[AI, Automation, and War] reads like an illuminating intelligence briefing, rich in description and light on both jargon and normative positions. . . . His argument is clear: The fears (and hopes) of full autonomy are misplaced. AI is not 'replacing humans.' Nor is the idea of human-machine teaming — which places weapons or systems on an equal footing with human agents — accurate. What we are seeing instead are decision-support systems: tools, if transformational ones, that enable planning, targeting, and cyber operations.""---Ioannis Kalpouzos, Jacobin ""King’s book succeeds in puncturing the techno-optimistic bubble that surrounds contemporary discussions of military AI, offering instead a framework grounded in organisational and sociological theory, as well as empirical case studies. For defence professionals navigating the hype cycle surrounding AI, this book represents essential reading – a rare work that insists that AI’s military utility be measured not by algorithmic sophistication, but by institutional capacity to harness it effectively.""---Franz-Stefan Gady, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy ""By starting off with such an important counterargument about AI’s place in the human world, still allowing humans significance no matter how the technology evolves, this is a welcome addition to the body of knowledge. Accessible and well written. . . . Highly recommended."" * Choice *
