Every generation of military leaders confronts technologies that promise to transform warfare. Some do. Others prove less revolutionary than their advocates predict. The more important question, however, is rarely whether a technology works. It is whether we are asking the right strategic questions before reorganizing military power around it.
Frank Kendall’s Lethal Autonomy: The Future of Warfare Whether We Like It or Not asks one of the most important questions facing the U.S. military today: how should America harness artificial intelligence and autonomous systems as they become increasingly capable? It is an important question, thoughtfully examined by someone uniquely qualified to ask it.