The SOF Professional Podcast | The Future of AI in SOF with Jason Schenker

We are very excited to see this new podcast from USSOCOM’s Joint Special Operations University! The SOF Professional Podcast.

This podcast is built for the full SOF community. Operators and enablers, enlisted and officers, leaders and senior leaders, civilian professionals, industry and academic partners—to include our international teammates who support the mission. Our purpose is to examine the issues that matter to the profession of special operations. Issues like emerging technologies, ethical and operational challenges, strategic realities, and the ideas shaping how we fight, think, and prepare for the future. This is a space for serious professional discourse. Hard questions are encouraged. Assumptions will be challenged. Constructive informed debate is not only allowed—it is required. The focus is mission effectiveness. The objective is to make the SOF enterprise more informed, more adaptable, more lethal, and better prepared for the challenges ahead…Welcome to the joint special operations SOF professional podcast.

Episode 1: The Future of AI in SOF with Jason Schenker

Artificial intelligence is poised to reshape special operations, global power, and the nature of decision-making itself. In this inaugural episode, economist, futurist, and bestselling author Jason Schenker discusses key insights from his book, The Future of AI: Intelligence as the New Operating System of Finance, Technology, Energy, Healthcare, Education and Business, and explores what AI means for the future of Special Operations Forces (SOF).

Drawing on data-driven research and his experience advising global companies, investment firms, and governments, Schenker explains how AI is already transforming productivity, accelerating technological competition, and redefining strategic advantage. Just as computers and the internet became ubiquitous and invisible, AI is on track to become a foundational, integrated layer of modern operations.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

– How AI will shape the future operating environment for SOF

– Why AI may become an “invisible” but essential part of mission success

– The strategic, economic, and geopolitical implications of widespread AI adoption.

– What leaders should understand now to prepare for an AI-enabled future The future will not simply include AI—it will be defined by systems that are AI-enabled, AI-integrated, and ultimately AI-invisible.

For more information on the Joint Special Operations University:

– Website: jsou.edu

– LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/thinkjsou

– X: https:X.com/thinkjsou

– Facebook: facebook.com/thinkjsou/

– YouTube: ThinkJSOU

– Instagram: instagram.com/thinkjsou/

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