Episode · Interesting Times · 2026-05-28

Books mentioned on How A.I. and Autonomous Weapons Will Shape Future War | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

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The future of high-tech warfare has arrived. Just look to the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran to see how much drones and robots have remade the modern battlefield.

Ross Douthat discussed The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   The Lord of the Rings

   J.R.R. Tolkien · at 17:11 · mentioned 2 times

   J.R.R.

   Discussed

   “So Anduril, it’s a Tolkien reference to what I know the answer, but some people might not. So the name is a conscious nerd detector. So we have identified you as such. The reference Anduril is aragorn’s sword in the Lord of the Rings. It is the flame of the West is, I think, the elven translation. There are narsil”

   Ross Douthat How A.I. and Autonomous Weapons Will Shape Future War | Interesting Ti… 2026-05-28 Listen at 17:11

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