Herbert Lin

These and similar tools make it possible to flood any region with targeted disinformation and make it seem legitimate, at least for a short span of time.

Earlier this year, in March of 2026, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists published a theoretical article by Herbert Lin.

He's a Stanford fellow and expert on cyber warfare operations, who in 2016 worked for the Obama administration.

Back in the 1980s, he was a staff scientist for the House Armed Services Committee, so he's a guy with some knowledge of this area.

The dangers he foresees from AI come not from its intelligence so much as its ability to automate the production of targeted bullshit and influence the decisions of political leaders.

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[upbeat music] We're back, and I was talking about an article for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, uh, written by Herbert Lin.

One of his scenarios envisioned a blockade of Taiwan in which the Chinese military deployed an army of AI chatbots to lie about military maneuvers in order to create the impression of high military readiness to deter US intervention.

These and similar tools make it possible to flood any region with targeted disinformation and make it seem legitimate, at least for a short span of time.

Earlier this year, in March 2026, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists published a theoretical article by Herbert Lin.

He's a Stanford fellow and expert on cyber warfare operations who, in 2016, worked for the Obama administration.

Back in the 1980s, he was a staff scientist for the House Armed Services Committee, so he's a guy with some knowledge of this area.

And I've said, uh, I've said recently, I, I don't see that happening.

And I was talking with Herb Lin from Stanford.

He said, "Jack, what you're describing is sort of a form of the Jevons paradox, that you're making more efficient, you're having more time available." But we all know being in the military, military people love to be known as decisive.

So they're filling the free time with more decisions-