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Podcast: ChinaTalk
Episode: WarTalk: AI, Nukes, Iran and Autonomous War
Description: WarTalk launches! We chat with Pranay Vaddi (MIT, Sandia, formerly Biden NSC) and Chris McGuire (State, NSC, now CFR) about AI, nuclear command and control, deterrence, and how new military technologies could reshape strategic stability. We cover why the U.S. insists on keeping humans in the loop for nuclear employment decisions, where AI may still play a role in warning and decision support, and how drone warfare, undersea detection, and strategic AI capabilities could change the future of war.
05:00 How “human in the loop” became U.S. nuclear policy12:25 Accident risk, NC3, and the new...