{"686172":{"#nid":"686172","#data":{"type":"event","title":"What Science Fiction Missed About the Future of Warfare with Will Roper","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScience fiction has long track record of predicting tomorrow\u2019s wars. Smartphones, precision navigation, and battlefield drones all marched from page to reality. But sci-fi\u2019s vision of sentient AI waging autonomous wars isn\u0027t emerging as scripted. A messier\u2014arguably as concerning future is. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECome hear how today\u0027s war in Ukraine, Formula One racing, and breakthroughs in AI will shape future battlefields with Will Roper, Distinguished Professor of the Practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. Roper takes us on a journey starting with the Pentagon\u0027s earliest AI efforts to what tomorrow\u0027s conflicts may hold in store.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWill Roper, Distinguished Professor of the Practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, will lecture on how our expectations on the evolution of warfighting technology have differed from the on the ground reality.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Will Roper, Distinguished Professor of the Practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, will lecture on how our expectations on the evolution of warfighting technology have differed from the on the ground reality."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2025-11-04 15:58:12","changed_gmt":"2025-11-04 15:59:20","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2025-11-10T12:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2025-11-10T13:45:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2025-11-10T13:45:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2025-11-10 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2025-11-10 18:45:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2025-11-10 18:45:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Van Leer C341","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"194683","name":"Talk"},{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEric Koob\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ekoob3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eekoob3@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}