Retired 4-star General John Allen on Iran, AI hyperwar, and Taiwan’s future
About this episode
Retired General John Allen discusses his insights on Iran, the concept of AI hyperwar, and the future of Taiwan.
John Allen is a retired four-star Marine Corps general who commanded 150,000 US and NATO troops in Afghanistan and built a 65-nation coalition as Special Presidential Envoy to the Global Coalition Against ISIS. After retiring from the military, he led the Brookings Institution as its president. He co-invented the term "hyperwar," holds five AI patents, and co-authored Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence. He currently serves as a strategic advisor to Microsoft. In...
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Host: Auren Hoffman
Guest: John Allen
Topics covered
- military strategy
- artificial intelligence
- geopolitics
- hyperwar
- Taiwan
- Iran
Keywords
- John Allen
- hyperwar
- AI
- Taiwan
- Iran
- military
- geopolitics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Brookings Institution, Microsoft, ISIS
Books & works: Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
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