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0:00 Overtime teaser
0:55 Paul’s military tech bona fides
3:00 What we (should) have learned from the Iran war
12:20 Is the Pentagon buying the wrong weapons?
19:39 Ukraine as frontline for the drone revolution
25:08 Are the robot wars near?
32:06 America’s drone deficit
36:00 Does the Pentagon have a Silicon Valley problem?
42:08 Will AI really make war less bloody?
50:43 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Scharre (Center for a New American Security, Army of None, Four Battlegrounds).
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Overtime titles:
Paul’s tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Would war be more humane without humans in the loop?
How good is the Patriot missile, really?
The Gulf’s naval drone gulf.
Paul’s current mission in Washington.
Overtime video:
