Peter Norvig

I worry about the future of warfare.

I worry about the future of warfare.

So you're seeing these things today.

So you're seeing these things today.

We just saw a tiny little personal-size drone shot down a Russian helicopter.

We just saw a tiny little personal-size drone shot down a Russian helicopter.

So we've had half a century or so of mostly a stalemate of saying the big countries have the power to impose themselves on the others, but...

So we've had half a century or so of mostly a stalemate of saying the big countries have the power to impose themselves on the others, but...

None of them are really going to unilaterally do it on a large way, and we have smaller regional conflicts.

None of them are really going to unilaterally do it on a large way, and we have smaller regional conflicts.

Now we may be transitioning into a world where we say the power is not just in the big countries.

Now we may be transitioning into a world where we say the power is not just in the big countries.

It's in lots of smaller groups.

It's in lots of smaller groups.

And that becomes a more volatile situation.

And that becomes a more volatile situation.

And so there could be more of these smaller regional conflicts and more worries for civilians that get caught up in it.

And so there could be more of these smaller regional conflicts and more worries for civilians that get caught up in it.

So I'm worried about that as well.

So I'm worried about that as well.