Emergent Technology, Military Advantage, and the Character of Future War

"Much contemporary professional discourse is dedicated to how artificial intelligence, big data, advanced robotic and autonomous systems, among others, will define the character of the next war: to an extent this proposition is true. Missing, however, is a clear conception of just how these advances will interact in any meaningful way –– particularly with regard to the challenges of effective integration with existing systems and network architectures, as well as the impact on military command and control."