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Aug. 18, 2026
The Agentic Olympus: The “Gods” of AI in Irregular Cognitive Warfare
INSS experts Dr. Elise G. Annett and Dr. James Giordano and Irregular Warfare Center researcher Dr. John A. Pennell recently published an article about “Agentic Olympus,” which establishes a strategic theory of AI-enabled command. It conceptualizes military AI as an evolving ecology of specialized intelligent agents whose relationships determine the quality, resilience, and adaptability of operational decision-making.