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AI and national security

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Total length of the course: 1-2 hours

Artificial intelligence has become a central preoccupation of national security, but understanding why requires moving past the headlines. This course maps four distinct categories of AI-related risk, digs into the AI triad of algorithms, data, and compute to explain why states have zeroed in on computing power as a lever for intervention, and examines both the promise and the limits of that approach as the technology and the geopolitical contest around it continue to evolve.

Content details

Introduction
Introduction
What is AI?
What are the national security risks associated with AI?
Existential or systemic risk
Application specific concerns
Geostrategic risks
Security of AI systems
Semiconductors and policy debates
The AI triad
Main ingredients
Compute deep dive
Data centres
AI compute
More than data centres
State intervention
Why intervene?
The disadvantages of targeting compute for intervention
The advantages of targeting compute for intervention
Takeaways
The state of play