Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence by Amy Zegart. Amy holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University. Dr. Zegart is an associate professor at UCLA’s School of Public Affairs.
Amy previously served on the Clinton administration’s National Security Council staff in 1993 and as a foreign policy advisor to the Bush-Cheney 2000 presidential campaign.
She has testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and has provided training to the Marine Corps, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
So, it is no surprise US intelligence does not publicly address their embrace of AI for obvious reasons. Amy is documenting the use of technology including AI in the world of espionage. US intelligence has the challenge of confronting the James Bond 007 effect when confronting both public opinion and the growing role misinformation.
Amy is providing a historical view of US intelligence and their embrace of technology. She is also offering a future view of American espionage in a world of advanced AI. This is a very interesting read to discover an overview to US intelligence and the history of fatal biases and misunderstood analytics. Yet, Amy is outlining how today’s technology empowers both old 3rd world and new enemies. Technology has also empowered citizens to use web services to track nuclear threats. This was unheard of during the Cold War.
