Air University Library Course Support
TECHNOLOGY AND MILITARY INNOVATION
SAASS 660
6 February 2023 - 24 February 2023
This course "emphasizes the intensely human dimension of innovation" and "explores how the emergence of machine learning and other forms of AI could affect innovation process. What are the implications when machines can innovate thousands of times faster than a human being? To what degree would humans try to guide this process? What level of trust should humans place in their machines? And how will emerging technologies change the political landscape?"
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Internet Resources
Listed below is on-line information about books and their authors used in this course. Library resources are best accessed using commercial internet.
- Lesson 1: 6 February 2023
Eric D. Beinhocker Biography
The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics Review 1 Review 2
- Lesson 2: 7 February 2023
William Hardy McNeill Biography
The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000 Review 1 Review 2
- Lesson 3: 9 February 2023
Stephen P. Rosen Biography
Winning the Next War: Innovation and the Modern Military Review 1 Review 2
Owen Reid Cote, Jr. Faculty Profile
The Politics of Innovative Military Doctrine: The U.S. Navy and Fleet Ballistic Missiles
- Lesson 4: 10 February 2023
Thomas P. Hughes Biography
Rescuing Prometheus Review
- Lesson 5: 13 February 2023
Ashlee Vance Biography
Elon Musk Publisher Description
- Lesson 6: 14 February 2023
Vijay Govindarajan Biography
Chris Trimble Biography (Link to bio located under the book jackets)
The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge Review
Mark Wallace Biography
The U.S. Air Force Learned to Code - and Saved the Pentagon Millions (Article)
Eric Schmidt
Statement of Dr. Eric Schmidt to House Armed Services Committee. April 17, 2018.
- Lesson 7: 16 February 2023
Marina Nitze Biography
Nick Sinai Biography
Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role On Any Team Interview
- Lesson 8: 17 February 2023
Kai-Fu Lee Biography
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order Review 1 Review 2
Mark Jacobsen
Fitness Function (Short Story)
- Lesson 9: 21 February 2023
Audrey Kurth Cronin Biography
Power to the People: How Open Technological Innovation is Arming Tomorrow's Terrorists Review
Arthur C. Clarke Biography
Superiority (Short Story)
- Lesson 10: 23 February 2023
Christian Brose Biography
The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare Review
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