Large language models and AI are being applied both to help analysts digest enormous amounts of information and conduct operations, allowing best human analysts to do what only they can do: tell the president what choices exist and second and third-order consequences of possible decisions.

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William Burns

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LLMs help analysts digest information so human analysts can focus on identifying choices and second/third-order consequences

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William J. Burns: America in a World of Upheaval | Foreign Affairs InterviewForeign Affairs
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:46:13 PM

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