Project Maven and the Age of AI Warfare

About this episode

Katrina Manson discusses her book on Project Maven and the implications of AI in military operations.

Project Maven, a Department of Defense program launched in April 2017 to apply AI in military targeting and logistics, is now being used in live combat. Katrina Manson is a reporter and the author of Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare , a book just published by W.W. Norton & Company that tells the history of the program. Justin Hendrix spoke to her about the book and about recent events, including the use of AI targeting in the war in Iran and the battle between the Pentagon and Anthropic over 'red lines' such as the use of AI for lethal autonomous weapons.

People in this episode

Host: Justin Hendrix

Guest: Katrina Manson

Topics covered

• AI Warfare
• Military Technology
• Project Maven
• Ethics of AI
• Defense Policy

Keywords

• Project Maven
• AI
• military targeting
• logistics
• autonomous weapons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Department of Defense, W.W. Norton & Company, Pentagon, Anthropic

Books & works: Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare

Places: Iran

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