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Page 1: Col Jeff “Push” Donnithorne - AFITC 2018 · Col Jeff “Push” Donnithorne AIR UNIVERSITY. Blue Horizons: Technology, Strategy, and the Future Air Force Information Technology

Col Jeff “Push” DonnithorneAIR UNIVERSITY

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Blue Horizons:Technology, Strategy, and the FutureAir Force Information Technology Conference

August 28, 2017

Col Jeff “Push” DonnithorneAir University

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“THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE.

IT’S JUST NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED.”‐‐WILLIAM GIBSON

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[video clip of arriving train]

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THE GREAT MIGRATION

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THE GREAT CONVERGENCE

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“PERIODS OF SPECIATION AREN’T PRETTY.”‐‐JOI ITO, MIT MEDIA LAB

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NEXT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Blockchain+

Artificial Intelligence

RoboticsInternet of Everything

3D/4D Printing

Modified Reality

Synthetic Bio

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NEW REALITY OF CONFLICT

Counter‐intervention High‐Low‐Bio Threats

Contested Space/Cyber Vulnerable Flows Ubiquitous Sensing

Unsustainable Acquisition‐Budgetary Foundation 

WARPEACE

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HIGH‐YIELD INVESTMENTS

Connection Code Culture

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INVESTMENT #1: CONNECTION

“High‐velocity networks are a new geography.” – Joshua Cooper Ramo

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IF IT WON’T CONNECT, IT’S BROKEN

PEOPLE INFORMATION LEVERAGE

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INVESTMENT #2: CODE

“This is not a race against the machines. If we race against them, we lose. This is a race with the machines.”

‐‐ Kevin Kelly

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CODE

AlphaGo vs Lee SedolMarch 8‐15, 2016

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“It’s not a human move. I’ve never seen a human play this move. So beautiful.” – Fan Hui, European Go champion

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#2) CODE: EVOLVING THE AIRMAN‐MACHINE OPERATING SYSTEM

HUMAN‐MACHINE CAPITAL

DEFAULT RULESETSAIRMAN WATSON

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&

INVESTMENT #3: CULTURE

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#3) CULTURE: READY FOR JAZZ

STRUCTURE RISKSECURITY

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WHO ARE WE?

Purposefully unorthodox

Asymmetric…off‐axis…over not through…what if?

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INHERIT THE FUTURE

“In the twenty‐first century, knowing all the answers won’t distinguish someone’s intelligence—rather, the ability to ask all the right questions will be the mark of true genius.”

‐‐ John E. Kelly III

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