Tag: artificial intelligence

Stevenson’s army, July 26

This is the 70th anniversary of the armistice which suspended combat in the Korean war. I guess that’s a pretty good example of a frozen conflict.

– Biden wants Chollet for OSD Policy

-FP’s China Watcher analyzes the ouster of the Chinese FM

– Megatrends: NYT shows world demographic changes; WaPo notes study warning of Gulf Stream tipping point.

– WSJ analyzes effects of Ukraine stalled offensive.

– UVa law prof urges Hughes-Ryan approach for national security AI.

– UNC prof says Trump wasn’t a fascist, but could be.

– History lesson: when Congress “expunged” a censure of a president.

– Jonathan Chait debunks conservative claim of long march to liberal domination.

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Stevenson’s army, July 21

Several items caught my eye this week. More to come later.

– NYT had a big story —  a welcome change from the usual campaign horse race stories — on Trump plans for a stronger, more assertive presidency.

– New Yorker had good interview with a law professor on how it might work.

– WSJ sees a visceral clash among Americans in the 2024 elections. Too much hate and fear.

– Anne Applebaum wonders whether Tennessee is still a democracy.

-New Yorker tells how the House Administration committee is the “traffic cop”

– House & Senate appropriators differ on foreign aid including Taiwan.

– National Security Archive has documents on the president’s nuclear “football”

– RollCall explains the administration’s new cybersecurity strategy. Here’s the document.

– SIGAT summarizes its reports on Afghanistan in reply to Senators.

– CRS has new report on covert actions and congressional notifications.

-AEI’s Kori Schake comments on NATO summit

And since ChatGBT seems capable of passing Harvard courses, I’m sticking with my oral exams.

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Stevenson’s army, June 27

– The Supreme Court has rejected the independent legislature legal theory

Japan lifts trade restrictions with South Korea.

– Congress sets limits on ChatGBT use.

Prigozhin: CJR backgrounds his media coverage; Eliot Cohen analyzes the mutiny.

Reuters discovers large number of US officials whose ancestors had slaves.

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Stevenson’s army, June 22

– In FP, Gen. McChrystal says we have to change how we make foreign policy because of AI

– Jonathan Guyer of Vox assesses how close China and Russia are

– CFR has good background on industrial policy

– Dan Drezner criticizes a big but stupid article in NYT

– TNSR has big article on escalation management in Ukraine

– Lawfare tells how to sanction-proof a government

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Stevenson’s army, June 5

– NYT weighs the evidence on Biden’s aging.

– CNN tick tock on the debt ceiling says veterans programs helped Biden prevail.

– Tim Wu has good ideas on how the government should deal with AI.

– The Hill says Sen. Klobuchar has a way around the Tuberville hold on nominations.

– Semafor’s Ben Smith says Ukraine works hard to control the war news.

– FP writer tells of watching Russian TV all day.

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Stevenson’s army, May 5

Prigozhin is not happy with the Russian Defense Ministry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSWGFgpoac0&ab_channel=TheTelegraph

– Several news sources say USAF Gen. Brown will be next CJCS.

– Haidt & Schmidt warn of AI’s effect on social media.

– WH has a new strategy for emerging technologies.

– SASC had open hearing with DNI and head of DIA.

– Drones over the Kremlin: Fred Kaplan thinks Ukrainians, Institute for the Study of War thinks false flag.

-WaPo says electorate is different from the population as a whole.

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