Information warfare is not new; it dates back to antiquity, when Alexander, Greek city states, and Romans used spies, whispering campaigns, and misinformation, but what is new is the use of social media, big data, AI, and high-performance computing to identify target populations, develop messages, test them, and assess their impact at unprecedented speed and scale.

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General Mick Ryan

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the Technologies of things like social media Big Data data Sciences high performance Computing artificial intelligence allows us to identify Target population develop messages test and wargame those messages uh run them out and then uh assess the impact of that messaging in a way that was inconceivable uh you know a couple of decades ago

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Mick Ryan: This Is What The Next Great Power Conflict Will Look LikeDecoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:55:20 AM

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