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According to the hype, artificial intelligence is changing everything. The truth is more complicated, but that doesn\u2019t mean that companies and governments aren\u2019t rushing to embrace the new technology. It\u2019s even being used to update an old and destructive technology: nuclear weapons.

America is modernizing its force, Russia is building new kinds of nuclear weapons, and China is increasing its nuclear stockpile. At the same time, all three countries are looking to AI to outsource the dangerous and deadly work of apocalyptic destruction.

But what, exactly, does that look like? When it comes to nukes and AI, it\u2019s time to embrace the horrors of uncertainty. This week\u2019s guest is Edward Geist, a policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. His latest book is Deterrence Under Uncertainty: Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Warfare.

It\u2019s a conversation that\u2019s both fascinating and frightening with one major theme: we don\u2019t know nearly enough. \u201cOne lamentable parallel between nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence is that both topics elicit an astonishing degree of magical thinking from otherwise intelligent people, including some with genuine expertise,\u201d Geist wrote in his book.

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