The article argues that recent executive overreach and politicization have severely undermined established norms of U.S. civil-military relations. To restore professional standards, the incoming Congress must actively exercise its oversight powers, moving beyond mere criticism to demanding transparency in defense policy and personnel decisions. Key reforms include enforcing meritocratic promotion processes, requiring documented justification for senior officer removals, and preventing the partisan use of the military. These actions are crucial for bolstering public trust and ensuring the military remains a nonpartisan instrument of civilian control.
Infinite Potential—Insights from the Societal Warfare Games: After-Action Report from a Sequence of Day After Artificial General Intelligence Exercises
English Summary
The report warns that rapid Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) development, if outpacing governance, creates severe vulnerabilities that adversaries can exploit through 'Societal Warfare.' Drawing from war games, the analysis identifies key risks, including foreign information operations exploiting domestic grievances, declining public trust, and structural inadequacies in national response toolkits. Policy recommendations emphasize developing integrated, preemptive playbooks that focus on enhancing federal-state coordination, protecting AI critical infrastructure, and building public trust through literacy and economic support. Furthermore, strategic resilience requires joint allied efforts on export controls and coordinated attribution against hybrid threats.
中文摘要
該報告警告指出，若通用人工智慧（AGI）的發展速度超過治理能力，將產生嚴重的漏洞，使敵對勢力能夠透過「社會戰」進行利用。分析援引戰爭遊戲模型，識別出多項關鍵風險，包括利用國內民怨的外部資訊作戰、公眾信任度的下降，以及國家應對工具箱中的結構性不足。政策建議強調必須制定整合性、預防性的行動方案，重點在於提升聯邦與州級的協調能力、保護人工智慧關鍵基礎設施，以及透過提升識讀能力和經濟支持來重建公眾信任。此外，戰略韌性要求盟國之間在出口管制和對混合威脅的協調歸因方面進行聯合努力。
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