Dr Iftihar Zaidi je predavač za liderstvo i strategiju na Fakultetu odbrane i bezbednosti Univerziteta Cranfield i akademski direktor programa strateškog liderstva Univerziteta Cranfield na međunarodnom nivou, preko Ministarstva odbrane i Akademije odbrane Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva. Ifti je takođe vodi kurs za program odbrane i bezbednosti Univerziteta Kranfild (Liderstvo i menadžment), kao i onlajn magistar liderstva i bezbednosti. Pored toga, predaje na master studijama Cranfield Univerziteta u oblasti odbrane i u Cranfield školi poslovnog menadžmenta.
Pre nego što se pridružio Cranfield 2014. godine, dr Zaidi je bio naučni saradnik na Univerzitetu Durham gde je radio na temi „Intervencije, okupacije i pobune“ iz perspektive liderstva i organizacionog razvoja.
Ifti je magistrirao umetnost i nauku rata, globalnu bezbednost i doktorirao odbranu i bezbednost sa fokusom na liderstvo i strategiju iz prizme definisanja i težnje za pobedom. Takođe ima postdiplomsku diplomu iz akademske prakse Komisije za visoko obrazovanje, države Engleske i član je Akademije za visoko obrazovanje.

Abstract: AI ushers a revolution in human affairs, challenging paradigms across a wide range of human activity. Using frame-based knowledge representation to support decision making is not new and we know that AI can encapsulate aspects of intuitive knowledge behind decision making, draw on vast amounts of data, identify patterns, trends, and correlations to provide analytical outputs. AI is already replacing human agency in many walks of life. This research examines the utility of AI for policy and strategy. The central question is, can AI replace human agency, and can AI-powered forecasting models help policymakers predict potential outcomes of events; support scenarios analysis and evaluate the impact of different policy options to produce strategy and plans? I examine AI’s ability to replicate, surpass and replace human creativity, innovation, and intuition in dealing with novelty and in tackling wicked problems and adaptive challenges to produce useable policy and strategy. In terms of context and scope, this paper addresses national security and military strategy. The research finds that while policy and plans have processual and mechanical dimensions to them, competitive strategy require novelty, creativity, and innovation. AI, presently and foreseeable, lacks the element of creativity and intuition which are essential in strategy. In conjunction with human faculty, AI can be applied for testing robustness of policy and model outcomes, war game strategy, as a red-teaming aid, and to eliminating groupthink and other biases.