Homo Post Machina: How AI and Decision Analytics Can Revolutionize Leader Performance for the Future Force

The Russo-Ukrainian war reveals an overinvestment in hardware over people, according to an article from Small Wars Journal. The author argues for a human-centric approach to modernization, emphasizing AI and decision analytics to enhance leader performance in military contexts.

Abstract: The Russo-Ukrainian war betrays an approach that overinvests in things rather than people. U.S. reliance on defense contracting solutions can be compared to the concept of deus ex machina. The preferable alternative is to invest in winning teams that put humans at the center of modernization, particularly in the field of AI adoption. The author defines this concept as … Read more https://smallwarsjournal.com/2026/06/25/homo-post-machina-how-ai-and-decision-analytics-can-revolutionize-leader-performance-for-the-future-force/ The post Homo Post Machina: How AI and Decision Analytics Can Revolutionize Leader Performance for the Future Force https://smallwarsjournal.com/2026/06/25/homo-post-machina-how-ai-and-decision-analytics-can-revolutionize-leader-performance-for-the-future-force/ appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University https://smallwarsjournal.com .