Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2025 · Short Story
Setting: near future
Presented as an excerpt from a future history textbook, the story follows a conflict between two states over rare earth deposits, fought entirely through autonomous battlefield units. At the center is a local community of programmers and media workers who begin interfering with both sides' machines and information channels, using generative artificial intelligence and deepfaked war footage to reshape the conflict.
Source: manual
Tags: autonomous-weaponsdeepfakesinformation-warfaregenerative-aiasymmetric-warfaresunk-cost-fallacyrare-earth-conflict
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