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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 7 – Jack Shanahan

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. And this idea of user-defined operating picture is with us today. The JAIC – Go at Scale and Speed.

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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

We could design warfighting tactics based on knowing the tactics of our opponent. We could design and manufacture the best systems. Some are strategic peers, some are near peers in specific areas, some are threats as non-state disrupters operating with no rules. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.). For example, in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor the U.S.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3 – Anja Manuel

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.). For example, in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor the U.S.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 18 – General James Mattis

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. I was a marine three-star in Afghanistan. Today General James Mattis addressed the class.

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The Coming Chip Wars

Steve Blank

The United States just did this to China by limiting Huawei’s ability to outsource its in-house chip designs for manufacture by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a Taiwanese chip foundry. Going forward, China plans to start investing in chip design software, advanced materials, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2019

Steve Blank

Our keynote speaker was Palmer Luckey , founder of Oculus and the designer of the Oculus Rift. Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. He’s now the CEO/founder of the AI-focussed defense contractor Anduril Industries. If you can’t see the video of Palmer Luckey click here.

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