Thinking the Unthinkable with Ankit Panda

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Automating Nuclear Threats in the Age of AI

Thinking the Unthinkable with Ankit Panda
Joshua Schwartz, Michael Horowitz, and Ankit Panda
August 25, 2026

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Episode Notes:

Joshua Schwartz and Michael Horowitz join Ankit to discuss their War on the Rocks article, "Putting Armageddon on Autopilot: How Artificial Intelligence Could Make Nuclear Threats More Effective," which examines how automating nuclear launch decisions could make nuclear threats more credible. Together, they explore the strategic logic behind automation and what it could mean for the United States and its adversaries.

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