This book offers a comprehensive approach to the question of how AI impacts politics, economy, and the society. The book has been divided into three parts. Part one is devoted exclusively to the most pressing question of how AI will be used for security and defense purposes, including combat in war zones. Part looks at the value added from AI and machine learning for decision-making in the fields of politics and business. Part three consists of case studies—covering the EU, the USA, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, and Poland—that discuss how AI is being used in the realms of politics, security and defense.The discussion in the book opens with the question of ethics and the use of AI in combat and allows the argument to advance and cover issues as diverse as the militarization of artificial intelligence, the use of AI in strategic studies and military strategy design. AI and strategic communication, including disinformation, are discussed, followed by a focus on AI and financing opportunities/access to finance. The case-studies included in part 3 of the book offer a captivating overview of how AI is being employed by the authorities to stimulate growth and development, to promote data- and evidence-driven policy-making, to enable digital governance and other related issues.The book provides scholars, students and practitioners with multidisciplinary insight into the main enabling drivers of a proper implementation of AI and with relevant intuitions on the proper data management strategies to exploit the opportunities offered from AI and machine learnings. The issue is explored according to a cross-cutting perspective, which further increases the relevance of the contribution.weiterlesen