How AI is Transforming Geopolitics & War Ft. Dr. Adam McCauley w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

Episode #1 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 20-part series: https://youtu.be/NkzieFx8zO0AI is having a major impact on national security, military decision-making, international relations and war—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this eye-opening episode with Dr. Adam McCauley, a writer, academic and policy analyst who studies the social and political implications of AI on political and military decision-making. We explore:The risks of outsourcing human judgmentThe price of certainty in AI-driven decision-makingThe ethical and psychological implications of AI-driven warfareWhy empathy and human fallibility may be essential safeguards during warIf you care about geopolitics and how the nature of armed conflict is changing in the age of AI, you don’t want to miss this conversation.00:00 Preview00:29 Introduction 04:46 Adam’s backstory06:13 Lessons learned as a journalist covering armed conflict and natural disasters13:45 What’s at stake when AI makes military decisions?18:13 Big take-away from the Cuban Missile Crisis21:30 Adam’s upcoming book, The Price of Certainty26:15 Does AI distance us from our humanity in war?31:01 Participants or spectators? How AI is changing our relationship with violence34:06 Who’s a bigger threat to democracy: Governments or big tech?38:53 The psychological consequences of war in the age of AI44:51 How faulty AI data can trigger military escalation49:16 Does technology encourage more risk-taking during war?53:42 Storytelling in the era of AI agents58:31 Empathy as a strategic asset in war01:01:27 Why human fallibility and empathy will be advantages in the age of AI01:09:09 Adam McCauley’s Purposeful Empathy story CONNECT WITH ADAM✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-mccauley-ottawa/✩ Website https://www.anmccauley.com/✩ Substack https://substack.com/@adammccauley✩ The Price of Uncertainty https://www.anmccauley.com/the-academy-1CONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email [email protected] ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.socialSHOW NOTES✩ Cuban Missile Crisis https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis✩ "A Staggering Lack Of Humility" - Clarissa Ward On The Pentagon’s Glib Glorification Of War Violence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-k7OEXTupYVideo edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio