When Perception Becomes the Battlefield

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Israel's experience since October 2023 with AI-enabled cognitive warfare reveals key insights on low-cost cognitive attacks and strategic uses of AI in conflicts involving Iran. This analysis highlights the evolving nature of information and cognitive attacks in modern security environments.

Abstract Israel’s experience as a live laboratory for AI-enabled cognitive warfare since October 2023 offers three findings for the Small Wars Journal (SWJ) community. First, AI-driven recontextualization of authentic content has collapsed the cost of cognitive attacks to near zero. Second, Iran’s cognitive operations served a Fabian attrition strategy rather than functioning as a standalone capability. Third, Israel’s forced organizational … Read more The post When Perception Becomes the Battlefield appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.