The Artificial Intelligence Battlespace

AI technology is suddenly important to military forces. Not yet an arms race, today's competition is more an experimentation race with a plethora of AI systems being tested and research centres established. The country that first understands AI adequately enough to change its existing human-centred force structures and embrace AI warfighting may gain a considerable advantage. In a new paper for the Australian government, I explore sea, land and air operational concepts appropriate to fighting near-to-medium term future AI-enabled wars. This temporal proximity makes this less of a speculative exercise than might be assumed.