The publication of Katrin Manson’s book Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare came a month after the launch of Operation Epic Fury. The operation targeted thousands of Iranian military and strategic assets. And made some tragic errors. The identification and targeting of these sites were provided, in most cases, using artificial intelligence. Manson’s thoroughly documented book recounts how that came to be. Under the leadership of Marine Colonel Drew Cukor, an effort was initiated within the Pentagon in 2017 to use AI not only for battlefield surveillance but to target people and resources. Manson also recounts the evolution of this project to the ultimate goal—removing humans from the decision-making process. Project Maven is a military artificial intelligence platform developed by Palantir. Originally launched in 2017 to analyze drone and survei...
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