At high-profile TED-style events with millions of online viewers, charismatic tech CEOs take the stage to unveil their latest gadgets. In slick, high-energy presentations, they criticize the slow and outdated cycles of traditional military innovation and procurement. They paint vivid scenarios of future warfare where adversaries are agile, tech-savvy, and armed with autonomous systems, implying that only the most cutting-edge technology can prevail. Unsurprisingly, the solution to these looming threats aligns perfectly with the products they happen to be selling. Policymakers, often unfamiliar with the complexities of AI and emerging tech, along with senior military officials and influential defense industryThe post Building Trust in Military AI Starts with Opening the Black Box appeared first on War on the Rocks.