I presented some information about marksmanship, right, the work that we had done on expert marksmen,

essentially showing that they had brain patterns that proved their expertise, right,

and then used a neurofeedback paradigm to actually get novices to look a little bit more like those

experts over time.

As we look at human machine teaming, I think we're going to get to a point where we are

networked as units, right? We are not just communicating with one another verbally or through hand gestures, but we're

actually maybe potentially connected in some ways so that we know each other's states.

We're better able to synchronize, better able to work together as a team, whether that's a

human, human, human team or maybe a human augmented team.

Hey, welcome back to another episode of the Modern War Institute podcast.

I'm John Amble, editorial director at MWI, and this episode features a really fascinating conversation

I got the chance to have with Dr. Amy Cruz.

She's the chief scientific officer at the Platypus Institute,

a pretty groundbreaking organization that takes some of the most cutting-edge developments in the field

of neuroscience and explores how they can be turned into practical programs that enhance human

performance. Dr. Cruz talks about a notion she calls Human 2.0, which she describes as a vision

of where we are headed as humans, especially in terms of cognitive performance. She also

describes how that vision overlays on the cognitive demands of war and how those cognitive demands

might change as the character of warfare changes.

It's a pretty remarkable discussion, and before we get to it, really quickly, just a couple notes.

First, this is the second of two episodes I recorded at a recent conference organized by the U.S. Army Tradoc G2's Mad Scientist Initiative.

So thank you to the Mad Scientist team for helping to arrange it. And for listeners, if you're not familiar with the Mad Scientist initiative. So thank you to the mad scientist team for helping to arrange it.

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