Bytes and Bullets: Study of AI arms race is meticulously researched and deeply disturbing

Steve Feldstein, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, catalogues and captures in Bytes and Bullets what he describes as a critical moment of “tech transformation” in the pursuit of power and global dominance. In the harnessing of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing power, Feldstein describes a “fourth industrial revolution”, where world powers, particularly the United States and China, compete for geopolitical primacy through coercive algorithmic strategies and, worryingly, autonomous force projection. The book charts the shift from…