AI and War Is Being Oversold
The US and Ukrainian bombing campaigns have shown that AI and war are being oversold. The US experienced a strategic failure in its war against Iran, losing the war in record time and exhausting vital munitions. The use of AI in these conflicts has been exaggerated, and it will require investment, planning, and sober heads to become a decisive factor in future wars.
- ▪The US lost its war against Iran in record time and exhausted supplies of vital munitions.
- ▪Early Pentagon boasts about the US fighting in the war were ill-considered and inaccurate.
- ▪AI and autonomous systems are considered the future of war, but their current impact is being overstated.
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| Canonical URL | https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/ai-and-war-is-being-oversold-right |
| Publication time | Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:07:52 +0000 |
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AI And War Is Being Oversold Right NowThe US and Ukrainian Bombing Campaigns Show How Far It Has To GoPhillips P. OBrienAug 08, 2026∙ Paid2277732ShareHi All,I felt the need to write this piece because of the extraordinary strategic failure of the USA in its war against Iran. I gave an interview about this to NPR’s All Things Considered, yesterday on precisely this topic. You can listen to it here. In the interview, I said I did not think people quite understood the gravity of what we had seen in Trump’s War with Iran.
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