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Learning to Love the Atom Again: Why the Future of Artificial Intelligence is Nuclear

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Defense & Security, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesAI data facilities, AI race, AI strategy, American optimism, artificial intelligence, Atom, Atoms for Peace, atoms for war, cold war, Dwight Eisenhower, energy consumption, energy costs, energy demands, energy generation, energy requirements, nuclear energy, nuclear renaissance, nuclear sector, nuclear strategy, nuclear waste disposal, power grid, pressurized water reactors, small modular reactors, SMRs, sustainable solutions, U.S. citizenship, Yucca Mountain

Learning to Love the Atom Again: Why the Future of Artificial Intelligence is Nuclear

Michael Ferguson2 Comments

Published: February 23, 2026 In his speech before the United Nations General Assembly on 8 December 1953, President Dwight Eisenhower proposed - in paraphrased terms- that the atom bomb be…

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The AI Revolution’s Outsized Impact on Deterrence

AI & Deterrence, Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesAI models, AI race, AI talent competition., artificial intelligence (AI), China, code theft, command-and-control systems, Cyberattacks, Deterrence, EMP strike, escalation, global diplomacy, grey zone operations, Manhattan Project moment, micro-attacks, National Security, near-peer adversary, Nuclear Weapons, power grid, strategic stability, superintelligence, surprise attacks, system isolation, United States, wargaming

The AI Revolution’s Outsized Impact on Deterrence

Robert Kittinger0 Comments

The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on national security at large and deterrence specifically cannot be overstated. The business leaders competing in the field of AI, like Sam Altman, Elon…

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