The narrative presented by Katrina Manson doesn’t offer a straightforward account of AI’s integration into military strategy; instead, it’s a deeply unsettling portrait of a system’s self-replication and potential for abuse. The story of Project Maven reveals not a technological marvel but a bureaucratic swamp—a “hundred-dollar bills in the sand” scenario, as one insider put it—where ambitious ventures are pursued with little oversight and significant ethical compromises. The initial failures, m...