Category: War Strategy
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Leaked: The Next Big Thing – Artificial Intelligence
A blog by Will O’Callaghan. Welcome back! We have covered a lot of modern, 21st century technologies in our blogs to date, but there is one that could have an effect on all of them. That one, is “Artificial Intelligence”, also known as AI. When you hear of Artificial Intelligence or AI, you probably think of…
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Robot Takeover!
A blog by Will O’Callaghan. Welcome back to Alexander IS the Greatest! So far, we have explored modern 21st century technologies including blockchain, cyber security, virtual reality and Twitter to name a few. So now, let’s explore Robotics, and how they could have aided Alexander the Great himself, and his army. What do you think of…
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The Unmanned Airforce
Hi folks, Ciaran back with the latest scoop on innovative information systems Alexander the Great could use to go from Alexander the Great to Alexander the GOAT. When we think of drones, we immediately think of a cinematic pan from the protagonist of your favourite movie to a lake as they look out in despair.…
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Leaked: Alexander chats about the metaverse
Hello strategy lovers, today we jump from AI suggesting pigeon carriers are the next best alternative to zoom to discussing an exciting area of innovation all the way from the metaverse. It looks like Alexander’s generals have been reading our blogs. An anonymous source has leaked his WhatsApp messages where he was discussing introducing tools…
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Machine Learning: Optimised Decision-Making
A blog by Sean McKenna. Regarded as one of the greatest military strategists of all time, there is no denying Alexander the Great’s intelligence. Military History described him as a “military genius who used guile, ingenuity and lateral thinking to defeat often vastly superior forces” (Matters, 2010). But yet, despite his clearly high levels of intelligence, it…
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Geographic Information Systems: Geospatial Data
A blog by Sean McKenna. Nowadays we can hardly comprehend the thought of travelling to the nearest town/city without the use of Google Maps, never mind traversing an area of over 5.7 million square miles, just as Alexander the Great did as he pursued the expansion of his Macedonian empire (National Geographic Society, 2018). How was…
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Simulating Success: Alexander the Great
A blog by Sean McKenna. What if we knew the outcome of an event before undertaking that very event? Or what if we knew how best to approach an event such as to arrive at the outcome that we want? There is no doubt that Alexander the Great and his military advisors would have constantly…
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Blockchain Meets Alexander the Great
A blog by Sean McKenna. When we think of blockchain, we think of the opportunities that its inception, and that of its related technologies represents for our future. But what if we took a step back 2,000 years, to the year 336 B.C., when Alexander the Great began his reign of the ancient Greek Kingdom…
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Internet of Battlefield Things in Ancient Greece
When we think of the ancient greeks it is hard not to marvel at their innovation given their limited technology and resources. The first great communication systems the Ancient Greeks created was the ‘runner’. The most famous runner was Pheidippides who ran the first ever Marathon, from Athens to Marathon and then back to Athens…
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