NWC INS Lecture Series -- Lecture 1 "Machines vs. Humans: Frameworks, Fusions, Fears, and Frontiers"

The U.S. Naval War College is pleased to host the first lecture in this academic year's "Issues in National Security" lecture series.
Join Professor Tim Schultz who will speak about "Machines vs. Humans: Frameworks, Fusions, Fears, and Frontiers" for 45 minutes and then take questions from you.
From Professor Schultz: Naval War College graduates must think, lead, and fight at the frontier. This goes beyond the frontiers of sea and air to include the frontier of techno-scientific change where humans and machines cooperate and collide. This presentation provides some perspective on the evolving relationship between human and machine. It uses historical and modern concepts to examine how human-machine fusion advances our creativity. It includes the fears associated with robotic overlords and Orwellian consequences, along with what it means to be human--and how we can lead--in the age of technology.
Tim Schultz is the U.S. Naval War College Associate Dean of Academics. Prior to joining the Newport faculty in 2012 he served as the Dean of the U.S. Air Force’s School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. Tim earned his Ph.D. in the History of Technology from Duke University, and his research interests include the interaction between technology and strategy and the transformative role of automation in warfare. He is the author of The Problem with Pilots: How Physicians, Engineers, and Airpower Enthusiasts Redefined Flight (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018) and co-editor of Air Power in the Age of Primacy: Air Warfare since the Cold War (Cambridge University Press, December 2021). He is a graduate of the USAF Academy, Colorado State University, Air Command and Staff College, and the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. Formerly a USAF colonel, he spent much of his aviation career as a U-2 pilot enjoying a high-altitude view over interesting regions of the globe.
The Family Discussion Group follows the formal lecture in order to provide information to the community on specific programs and services available here in Newport. Special guests for this week are Ms. Anne Champney from the Fleet and Family Service Center and Dean Weidman, Naval Station Newport MWR director, who will talk about important information concerning their programs.
About the Lecture Series
ISSUES IN NATIONAL SECURITY (INS) LECTURES are designed to offer scholarly lectures to the spouses, partners, and significant others of our students; military/civilian employees assigned to the Naval War College and Naval Station Newport and its tenant activities, International Sponsors, Foundation members, and local-area retirees or active/reserve personnel.