Paul Scharre

Paul Scharre is Executive Vice President at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a Washington think tank focused on defense and security policy. Before CNAS, he worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, leading the working group that drafted the Pentagon’s policy directive on autonomy in weapons systems. He previously served in the U.S. Army as a special operations reconnaissance team leader with the 3rd Ranger Battalion, with multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He is the author of “Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War” (winner of the 2019 William E. Colby Award) and “Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” TIME named him to its inaugural list of the 100 most influential people in AI in 2023. He holds a PhD in war studies from King’s College London.