This report — part of a series examining critical security challenges in 2040 — uses survey data from a nationally representative sample of adults to examine perceptions of economic and national security and compare attitudes and opinions of millennials with those of previous generations. It concludes by making inferences about potential millennial concerns about security in the year 2040.
Additive manufacturing (AM) — colloquially known as three-dimensional, or 3D, printing — is an emerging technology with potential local and international security implications in the near and long terms. This Perspective — one of a series examining critical security challenges in 2040 — offers a new framework for exploring the disruptive dimensions of AM technology, helping to inform which sectors and industries might be the most affected in the future.
This Perspective — part of a series examining critical security challenges in 2040 — reviews the concept of speed and offers key points for policymakers and the public to consider in preparing for the possibilities and implications of a faster future. The authors hypothesize that this iteration of acceleration could be more intense and introduce new security threats, and that its scale and scope could vary across cultural and geographic categories.
RAND researchers held a series of workshops examining possible outcomes regarding the influence of advanced computing and artificial intelligence (AI) on nuclear security. The culmination of those workshops, this Perspective — one of a series that examines critical security challenges in 2040 — places the intersection of AI and nuclear war in historical context and characterizes the range of expert opinions.
This Perspective explores potential policy challenges ahead as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more central in the private, commercial, and public spheres. It explores the implications of AI prevalence on two key policy-relevant areas: security and employment. Our focus was on highlighting the potential vulnerabilities and inequities that the use of AI imposes on these two dimensions of society.
