119. No Winning Without Fighting: How China’s View of Hybrid Warfare Has Evolved with Dr. Howard Wang
“The PLA expected Russia to run the same playbook it did with Crimea on a larger scale. And it didn’t work.” [Editor’s Note: Today’s post welcomes back proclaimed Mad Scientist Dr. Howard Wang, who ...
9 Apr 40min
118. Sinews of War: A gaming Approach to Sustaining the Force
[Editor’s Note: Regular readers of the Mad Scientist Laboratory blog site know that wargaming is a vital cognitive tool for understanding the complexities of the evolving Operational Environment (OE)...
15 Jan 53min
117. From Campus to Command: The William & Mary Wargaming Lab with Luke Miller
[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist and the Georgetown University Wargaming Society co-hosted our Game On! Wargaming & The Operational Environment Conference at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ...
11 Sep 202524min
116. Do Androids Dream of Electric War: The Reality of Autonomous Weapons with Dr. Mark Bailey
“I think there’s a moral question that one has to ask in general about whether it’s appropriate for a machine to make a decision as to whether or not a human ought to live or die” [Editor’s Note: As ...
28 Aug 202525min
115. 15 Layers Deep: Supporting Soldiers with Geospatial Intelligence
[Editor’s Note: As observed in TRADOC Pamphlet 525-92, The Operational Environment 2024-2034: Large-Scale Combat Operations: “LSCO will be marked by the democratization and proliferation of advanced ...
14 Aug 202544min
114. Data to Dominance: AI & Gaming to Create Decision Advantage with Jon Pan
“Agentic warfare is here, whether we welcome it or not. The era of military planners manually gathering limited data and compiling static crisis response options on briefing slides is over. In the ne...
31 Jul 202546min
113. Beyond Venture Capital: How the Government is Investing in Innovation
[Editor’s Note: Regular readers of the Mad Scientist Laboratory understand the transformative potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have on the character of warfa...
18 Jun 202537min
112. Battle Tested: Revolutionizing Wargaming with AI featuring Dr. Billy Barry
Today’s The Convergence podcast welcomes back proclaimed Mad Scientist Dr. Billy Barry, Professor of Emerging Technology at the U.S. Army War College, to discuss his latest innovation — an Artificial ...
27 Mar 202559min
