The AI Arms Race: Can Our Intel Community Keep Up? With Anthony Vinci

About this episode

Anthony Vinci discusses the impact of AI on intelligence work and the evolution of spycraft.

Anthony Vinci—co-founder and CEO of Vico, an AI company that empowers judgment and analysis in finance and national security, and author of The Fourth Intelligence Revolution—joins School of War to discuss the technological evolution of spycraft. How does an intelligence officer operate in a world of rapidly advancing technology? What happens when machines begin to assist, or even replace, human judgment? And are we being spied on constantly? 02:33 - The Job of an Intelligence Officer 03:43 - Technology and Intelligence Work 05:58 - Living Under Surveillance 07:43 - AI as an Intelligence Analyst 09:37 - The Origins of American Intelligence 10:15 - Who Was Wild Bill Donovan? 12:37 - The Modern Intelligence Community 14:25 - The Evolution of Spy Technology 16:39 - The Intelligence Gap Before 9/11 18:58 - A Mossad Chief's Critique 23:10 - The Fourth Intelligence Revolution 25:02 - AI and Autonomy 27:49 - Are We All Being Spied On? 30:05 - China's Political Warfare 34:00 - The COVID Intelligence Failure 39:59 - The Dangers of AI Language Models 48:37 - TikTok and Surveillance Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast Find more at The Free Press…

People in this episode

Host: School of War

Guest: Anthony Vinci

Topics covered

• AI in intelligence
• surveillance
• spy technology
• national security
• intelligence community
• judgment and analysis

Keywords

• AI arms race
• intelligence officer
• surveillance
• spy technology
• national security
• Mossad
• COVID intelligence failure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vico, The Free Press

Books & works: The Fourth Intelligence Revolution

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