What’s the point of spending billions on AI if there’s no evidence it’s working? 2026 is the nearest the world has flirted with World War 3 in decades. Conflicts where AI was touted as precision magic, like Gaza, are just old-fashioned medieval scorched earth & mass slaughter of civilians. That appears to be the only approach left in Iran. Where the regime is intact, most of its missiles are intact, and it has the strategic upper hand militarily controlling the straits of Hormuz. Last year, the US couldn’t even defeat the Houthis.

“All talk, and no pants” is an expression to describe someone who can talk big, but is never able to follow through. It feels like the same is true for military AI.