AARS: AI and National Security

On June 30th, The Association of American Rhodes Scholars convenes four of the most consequential voices for a discussion on AI: a former National Security Advisor who architected the Biden administration's sweeping AI and technology strategy; the Chief Technology Officer of the UK's AI Security Institute and the British Prime Minister's AI adviser; a former CISA director who built America's civil cyber defense and now leads the world's largest cybersecurity community; and the former head of the Defense Innovation Unit who accelerated commercial AI into the hands of the warfighter. Together, they bring practitioner depth, institutional memory, and a shared obligation to public service to a conversation about a technology that is reshaping the world.

The panel will range from the technical to the strategic to the personal, with the hope that attendees will leave with greater clarity around what to do to “fight the world’s fight” in this moment.

Speakers:

Doug Beck (California and New College, 1992)

Senior Fellow, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

Former Director, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)

Jen Easterly (Maryland/DC and Pembroke, 1990)

Chief Executive Officer, RSAC

Former Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Jade Leung (New Zealand and Linacre, 2016)

Chief Technology Officer, UK AI Security Institute (AISI)

Artificial Intelligence Adviser to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Jake Sullivan (Minnesota and Magdalen, 1998)

Kissinger Professor of the Practice of Statecraft and World Order, Harvard Kennedy School

Former National Security Advisor to President Biden

Emelia Probasco (Maryland/DC and Wolfson, 2002)

Senior Fellow, Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

Moderator