The Chaos Agent Quotes

“Artificial general superintelligence,” Pace said. It was the dreaded end state of AI, a synthetic sentience. Cognition. Machines that think like humans, albeit better, faster, and utterly without remorse.”
― Mark Greaney, The Chaos Agent

“U.S. policy states, unequivocally, that we cannot use any weapons that do not have a human being in the kill chain. We can have weapons with autonomous characteristics, but a person must be involved somewhere in the decision-making process before any lethal act is carried out.”
― Mark Greaney, The Chaos Agent

“Do you know what the OODA loop is?” Pace made a little face of annoyance. “Of course. It’s a paradigm of combat. Observe, orient, decide, act. The proper sequence of action to engage an enemy.”
― Mark Greaney, The Chaos Agent

“Artificial intelligence is the next military technical revolution, bigger than the invention of firearms, bigger than the invention of machine guns, bigger than aircraft…even bigger than nuclear weapons.”
― Mark Greaney, The Chaos Agent

“I honestly don’t know, but if there is one thing I know, it’s this. When Sierra Six shows up, it means some shit’s about to go down.”
― Mark Greaney, The Chaos Agent

“No technology remains in the hands of the nation that created it.”
― Mark Greaney, The Chaos Agent

“Action beats reaction,” Zack said ruefully. “Always has. Always will.”
― Mark Greaney, The Chaos Agent