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Nov. 17, 2025
The Agentic Database and Military Command: A Perspective on Autonomous C2 Systems
As recently noted by Yasmeen Ahmad in a piece appearing in InfoWorld, the shift from passive databases to “active reasoning engines” in commercial agentic AI signals a fundamental transformation in how decisions are made, authority is exercised, and accountability is maintained. To be sure, there’s a time- and cost-effective attractiveness of “off the shelf” AI systems that might be viable for military use.