Eric Schmidt

Well, Germany is in terrible financial strait. They're having a whole identity crisis because of the energy cost and the Chinese problem and the Russia energy problem and on and on and on. It's not on their list, but they have to do it right now if they want to stay a player.

Well, Germany is in terrible financial strait. They're having a whole identity crisis because of the energy cost and the Chinese problem and the Russia energy problem and on and on and on. It's not on their list, but they have to do it right now if they want to stay a player.

France, under President Macron, is doing a good job of focusing on this, but the training is all being done outside of France because of the cost of electricity, which is subsidized in the case of the trainers. So again, these are very complicated problems.

France, under President Macron, is doing a good job of focusing on this, but the training is all being done outside of France because of the cost of electricity, which is subsidized in the case of the trainers. So again, these are very complicated problems.

And in the reordering question, which is under... What I'm most interested in is as general intelligence is invented, I want to make sure it reflects Western values, and I want it to be for more than just the US. I want it to benefit the entire world.

And in the reordering question, which is under... What I'm most interested in is as general intelligence is invented, I want to make sure it reflects Western values, and I want it to be for more than just the US. I want it to benefit the entire world.

I call this innovation power. We've all been indoctrinated that there's soft power and hard power. I'm arguing that there's innovation power. Innovation power is inventing new things with all this new technology. And I'm gonna argue that if you can get to scale in these new technologies quicker, you're gonna have a lot more military power.

I call this innovation power. We've all been indoctrinated that there's soft power and hard power. I'm arguing that there's innovation power. Innovation power is inventing new things with all this new technology. And I'm gonna argue that if you can get to scale in these new technologies quicker, you're gonna have a lot more military power.

So for the U.S., what this means is very complicated national security systems, very complicated vision systems, very complicated military management systems, and the adoption of autonomy and drones, which is occurring in Ukraine, but not in the U.S. yet.

So for the U.S., what this means is very complicated national security systems, very complicated vision systems, very complicated military management systems, and the adoption of autonomy and drones, which is occurring in Ukraine, but not in the U.S. yet.

Well, the generals want the following. They want a battlefield management system that shows all the sensors and shooters. So they have sensors and they have things that shoot. And they want the AI to assemble all of that. They've wanted this for a decade. And various people have promised it to them. I don't think that's how it's going to actually work.

Well, the generals want the following. They want a battlefield management system that shows all the sensors and shooters. So they have sensors and they have things that shoot. And they want the AI to assemble all of that. They've wanted this for a decade. And various people have promised it to them. I don't think that's how it's going to actually work.

I think what's really going to work is that every aspect of the battlefield will be reimagined to be more autonomous. And autonomy, a simple example is, why do you need a soldier with a gun? Why don't you have an automatic gun? Why do you need a jet fighter with a bomb? Why don't you just have an automatic drone with a bomb?

I think what's really going to work is that every aspect of the battlefield will be reimagined to be more autonomous. And autonomy, a simple example is, why do you need a soldier with a gun? Why don't you have an automatic gun? Why do you need a jet fighter with a bomb? Why don't you just have an automatic drone with a bomb?

And there will be a supervisory system, and the supervisory system will do the planning. But ultimately, as we discussed before, the human control is essential. So under no circumstances should we give up human control to these machines.

And there will be a supervisory system, and the supervisory system will do the planning. But ultimately, as we discussed before, the human control is essential. So under no circumstances should we give up human control to these machines.

But it will change war in the sense that the general will sit there and there'll be a button saying, do you approve of my battle plan based on these autonomous systems? And with that, a war is started or a war is ended.

But it will change war in the sense that the general will sit there and there'll be a button saying, do you approve of my battle plan based on these autonomous systems? And with that, a war is started or a war is ended.

It could. I just watched a play in London two days ago, which is about Dr. Strangelove. And you remember in the movie from 1963, the Russians, this came out of a RAND study in 1960. In this story, the Russians had secretly created a doomsday machine, but had not bothered to tell the U.S. this. And that if they were attacked, the doomsday machine would kill everyone.

It could. I just watched a play in London two days ago, which is about Dr. Strangelove. And you remember in the movie from 1963, the Russians, this came out of a RAND study in 1960. In this story, the Russians had secretly created a doomsday machine, but had not bothered to tell the U.S. this. And that if they were attacked, the doomsday machine would kill everyone.