Recommended Innovation Articles (and Commentary) 17: ‘Cyberneticizing the American war machine: science and computers in the Cold War’ by Antoine Bousquet
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Today’s article is again in our continued focus area on AI, decision-making in military affairs, complexity and how militaries perceive innovation and culture. Last week’s article (an Australian occasional paper for their defense forces) was by Dr. Peter Layton, and like Peter, I have known this author, Dr. Antoine Bousquet for many years now. Antoine now teaches at the Swedish Defense University in Stockholm, and his exceptional book “The Scientific Way of Warfare” has a brand new second edition out- available online. His article, “Cyberneticizing the American war machine: science and computers in the Cold War”, is…
