Remembering a tense exchange with a DARPA program manager at a AI workshop on automated planning. I said that in the fog of war, planning doesn’t work, so you have to improvise. He was Quite Irate. Drew McDermott calmed him down for me (thank you Drew)! ig.ft.com/russias-war-in…
I was 25 at the time. I’ve gotten somewhat better at diplomatic speech since then. Not a temperamental strong point, though.
“First, make a plan. Then execute it.”
—Rationalism
“Russia kept adding units to the huge convoy stuck outside Kyiv despite the fact it had not moved for days, stopped by a likely combination of fuel shortages, vehicle breakdowns, Ukrainian attacks and obstacles ahead.”
—War
Trying to fight a modern war in postmodernity. #FAIL
When modern methods fail, there’s always the Medieval ones to fall back on.
Anyway, this is a great summary (via @robertwiblin):
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