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Professor Kenneth Payne is Professor of Strategy at King’s College London in the Defence Studies Department. His research focuses on political psychology and strategic studies, with particular interests in artificial intelligence, the evolution of strategy, and the role of empathy and personality in shaping strategic decisions. He is currently examining these themes through a case study of the Kennedy administration. Professor Payne’s publications include the book I, Warbot: The Dawn of Artificially Intelligent Conflict (Hurst & Co. and Oxford University Press, 2021), which was selected as a book of the year by The Economist and the journal International Affairs. Earlier works are Strategy, Evolution, and War: From Apes to Artificial Intelligence (Georgetown University Press, 2018), The Psychology of Strategy: Exploring Rationality in the Vietnam War (Hurst & Co. and Oxford University Press, 2015), and The Psychology of Modern Conflict: Evolutionary Theory, Human Nature and a Liberal Approach to War (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). He has consulted for the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States, appeared before parliamentary committees in the UK and the Netherlands, and held positions as a NATO research fellow and visiting fellow at Oxford University. Professor Payne teaches modules on strategic studies, the psychology of conflict, and artificial intelligence.