Introduction

Abstract

Abstract What do emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) mean for the role of humans in war? The chapter summarizes the book’s overarching arguments and describes its methodological and theoretical approach. It describes the nature of and the ethical and political dilemmas associated with human-machine interactions in AI-enabled warfare. The chapter includes a fictional vignette (“2027: Centaur Warfighting in the Taiwan Straits”) to illustrate how AI-augmented human–machine teaming might affect a crisis between two nuclear-armed adversaries. These themes are examined further in Chapters 1–5. The chapter also includes a brief overview of the current state of AI technology and the potential impact of these advances on military capabilities—in particular, those that interact with and augment human warfighters.