Four Battlegrounds

Like prior industrial revolutions, artificial intelligence will cause profound disruptions in the balance of global power. Four Battlegrounds. takes readers inside the fierce competition to develop and implement this extraordinary new technology. Autonomous weapons expert Paul Scharre articulates the four key elements that will define this struggle-data, computing power, talent, and institutions-and examines the strengths and weaknesses of today's AI superpowers: China, the United States, and the European Union. With unique access to leading Chinese AI companies, Pentagon leadership, and American technology startups, Scharre explores the tensions between military leadership and each country's tech giants who control access to this game-changing technology. He offers vivid examples of how AI will transform warfare, as well as the challenges democracies must overcome to shape the emerging world order. Engaging and direct, Four Battlegrounds. is an urgent book with implications for the future of human freedom and global security.