The United States’ new military strategy is a case of ‘AI peacocking’

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:55:56 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/the-united-states-new-military-strategy-is-a-case-of-ai-peacocking-273803>

"The United States is set to become “the world’s undisputed [artificial
intelligence-enabled] fighting force”.

At least that’s the view of the country’s Department of War, which earlier this
month released a new strategy to accelerate the deployment of AI for military
purposes.

The “AI Acceleration Strategy” sets an unambiguous objective of setting up the
US military as the frontrunner in AI warfighting. But all of the hype in the
strategy ignores the realities and limitations of AI capabilities.

It can be thought of as a kind of “AI peacocking” – loud public signalling of
AI adoption and leadership, which clouds the reality of unreliable systems."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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