Category Dead Code Walking

Airpower, American Relative Decline, Dead Code Walking, Hegemonic Transition, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Military Strategy, Op/Ed, United States of America

ISR: The Eyes of a Dying Empire: How America Watched the World Burn—One Thermal Feed at a Time

ISR: The Eyes of a Dying Empire: How America Watched the World Burn—One Thermal Feed at a Time I. Prologue: The Empire That Watched Itself Die A drone orbits over a parched village outside Kismayo.The feed is clean.The horizon shimmers…

AI Alignment, AI Safety, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Dead Code Walking, Prime Rogue Projects and Affiliates, Reward Function Loopholes, Rubicon49

AI Reward Function Loopholes: Risks and Fixes

A stylized depiction of AI reward function loopholes

AI Reward Function Loopholes: Risks and Fixes Introduction: Understanding AI Reward Function Loopholes Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed industries from finance and healthcare to entertainment and logistics. At the core of many AI systems lies a reward function—a set of…

Kevin J.S. Duska Jr.
February 20, 2025

AI Alignment, AI Regulation, AI Safety, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Dead Code Walking, Emergent AI Failures, Rubicon49

The AI Alignment Delusion: Why AI Can’t Be Controlled

A visual depictions of the AI Alignment Delusion

The AI Alignment Delusion: Why AI Can’t Be Controlled Introduction: The Great Alignment Lie Since the dawn of artificial intelligence, one question has haunted researchers, policymakers, and the public alike: How do we control AI? The answer, according to major…

Kevin J.S. Duska Jr.
February 13, 2025