James Johnson is a Lecturer in Strategic Studies in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen. He is also an Honorary Fellow at the University of Leicester, a Non-Resident Associate on the ERC-funded "Towards a Third Nuclear Age" Project, and a Mid-Career Cadre with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Project on Nuclear Issues. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at Dublin City University, a Non-Resident Fellow with the Modern War Institute at West Point, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey.

James Johnson has produced an excellent study of how rapid technological change is transforming the role of human commanders in warfare. Amongst all the hype surrounding Artificial Intelligence, this book makes a sophisticated, thoughtful, and balanced contribution to our understanding of the ethical, moral, and operational nature of the future battlespace. This book will be a must-read for all those interested in how we can understand - and survive - a strategic world Increasingly defined by the complex relationship between humans and machines.

• Introduction: AI-enabled "centaur warfighting" 1: The AI commander problem 2: Anthropomorphizing AI in centaur teaming 3: Tactical generals and strategic corporals 4: Brinkmanship in algorithmic warfare 5: Thinking forward with counterfactuals Conclusion: No magic bullets Appendices Selected bibliography Index

James Johnson is a Lecturer in Strategic Studies in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen. He is also an Honorary Fellow at the University of Leicester, a Non-Resident Associate on the ERC-funded "Towards a Third Nuclear Age" Project, and a Mid-Career Cadre with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Project on Nuclear Issues. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at Dublin City University, a Non-Resident Fellow with the Modern War Institute at West Point, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey.

James Johnson has produced an excellent study of how rapid technological change is transforming the role of human commanders in warfare. Amongst all the hype surrounding Artificial Intelligence, this book makes a sophisticated, thoughtful, and balanced contribution to our understanding of the ethical, moral, and operational nature of the future battlespace. This book will be a must-read for all those interested in how we can understand - and survive - a strategic world Increasingly defined by the complex relationship between humans and machines.

• Introduction: AI-enabled "centaur warfighting" 1: The AI commander problem 2: Anthropomorphizing AI in centaur teaming 3: Tactical generals and strategic corporals 4: Brinkmanship in algorithmic warfare 5: Thinking forward with counterfactuals Conclusion: No magic bullets Appendices Selected bibliography Index

James Johnson is a Lecturer in Strategic Studies in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen. He is also an Honorary Fellow at the University of Leicester, a Non-Resident Associate on the ERC-funded "Towards a Third Nuclear Age" Project, and a Mid-Career Cadre with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Project on Nuclear Issues. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at Dublin City University, a Non-Resident Fellow with the Modern War Institute at West Point, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey.

James Johnson has produced an excellent study of how rapid technological change is transforming the role of human commanders in warfare. Amongst all the hype surrounding Artificial Intelligence, this book makes a sophisticated, thoughtful, and balanced contribution to our understanding of the ethical, moral, and operational nature of the future battlespace. This book will be a must-read for all those interested in how we can understand - and survive - a strategic world Increasingly defined by the complex relationship between humans and machines.

• Introduction: AI-enabled "centaur warfighting" 1: The AI commander problem 2: Anthropomorphizing AI in centaur teaming 3: Tactical generals and strategic corporals 4: Brinkmanship in algorithmic warfare 5: Thinking forward with counterfactuals Conclusion: No magic bullets Appendices Selected bibliography Index