Author Archive

August Cole

Associate Fellow, RUSI

August Cole is associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and a founder of Useful Fiction. With P.W. Singer, he is the co-author of Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War and Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution.
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A New Industrial Base Is Taking Shape. Call It the Military-AI Complex.

The most essential Pentagon suppliers will be the ones that master robotics and artificial intelligence.

  • Amir Husain and August Cole
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Putin Says Russia’s New Weapons Can’t Be Beat. With AI and Robotics, They Can.

Instead of single interceptors rising to meet an enemy missile, think about swarms of sub-launched UAVs armed with explosives, sensors, and brains.

  • August Cole and Amir Husain
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How Should We Treat Our Military Robots?

Increasingly human-like automated weapons demand an honest accounting of our emotional responses to them.

  • August Cole
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Three Ways to Judge the Pentagon’s Tech-Sector Outreach

Hint: it’s not about how many zeroes are on the first checks.

  • Christopher Meissner and August Cole
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Why The Pentagon Must Not Lose The Innovation Arms Race

If the defense establishment wants to be at the forefront of the 21st century’s strategic technologies, there is no time to waste.

  • August Cole