What are Russia’s psychological strategies in warfare? How are they employing them today? And how should we respond? Robert J. Marks interviews Senior Research and Intelligence Analyst on Foreign and Domestic Policy, Denise Simon, to discuss the Russian use of artificial intelligence, deepfakes, and maskirovka in the context of psychological warfare.

Show Notes

• 00:33 | Introducing Denise Simon, Senior Research / Intelligence Analyst for Foreign and Domestic Policy
• 01:22 | AI as part of military drills
• 03:12 | Psychological aspects of war
• 04:17 | The Gerasimov doctrine
• 07:42 | The Internet Research Agency
• 09:23 | Other psychological war tactics
• 10:49 | The Mueller report and election interference
• 12:53 | The effect of misinformation
• 14:17 | The Gerasimov Doctrine
• 16:43 | The Primakov Doctrine
• 17:50 | Maskirovka and deepfakes
• 19:08 | Russian artificial intelligence
• 21:39 | Russian video and audio deepfakes
• 23:33 | Eliot Higgins’ investigations
• 25:43 | Use of robotics and AI by Russia
• 27:08 | Responding to these technological threats

Additional Resources

• Denise Simon’s blog, Founder’s Code
• The Denise Simon Experience
• “AI in War Means Deepfakes as Well as Killerbots” by Denise Simon at Mind Matters News
• “Do Bots Spreading False News Really Threaten Democracy?” by Denyse O’Leary at Mind Matters News
• Valery Gerasimov
• Yevgeny Primakov
• Eliot Higgins
• Maskirovka
• Deepfakes