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Amir Husain

Founder & CEO, SparkCognition

Amir Husain
Amir Husain is founder and CEO of SparkCognition. He is the author of the best-selling book “The Sentient Machine: The Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence” and a co-author of the compilation “Hyperwar: Conflict and Competition in the AI Century."
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A Great Change is Coming

Software, AI, autonomy — these are the ultimate weapons. The Pentagon must get serious about integrating AI into everything it has for 'hyperwar.'

  • Amir Husain
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A New Industrial Base Is Taking Shape. Call It the Military-AI Complex.

The most essential Pentagon suppliers will be the ones that master robotics and artificial intelligence.

  • Amir Husain and August Cole
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Putin Says Russia’s New Weapons Can’t Be Beat. With AI and Robotics, They Can.

Instead of single interceptors rising to meet an enemy missile, think about swarms of sub-launched UAVs armed with explosives, sensors, and brains.

  • August Cole and Amir Husain