AI is making huge changes in how wars are fought. We aren’t ready for what comes next

There is a new golden rule of combat: The side that controls the data pipeline controls the war. Picture a soldier on the battlefield. They spot an enemy target, analyze. Think through a plan, and its ramifications. Then, they react. Those crucial few minutes of human cognitive process — the power over life and death — are being dramatically reduced from hours to seconds, day by day. When that cycle runs faster than a human adversary can think, we stop making decisions. Combat on autopilot. We s