. >>> the carnegie endowment for international peace and carnegie melon university cohosted a series about artificial-hosted series about artificial intelligence and consumer privacy. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to the carnegie endowment for international peace. together with david brimley, we're delighted to welcome all of you here in person and for those of you joining us on the live stream online. the hashtag for this event is #carnegiedigital. i have the pleasure of introducing ambassador bill burns to you. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> good morning, everyone. welcome again. let me begin by congratulating tim and david and their carnegie endowment and carnegie melon colleagues for putting together this collqium. as president of the carnegie endowment over nearly the past two years and as a diplomat for 33 years before that, i've had the privilege of welcoming heads of state, military generals, foreign ministers, university presidents, and distinguished thinkers and doers of all stripes, but i've never had the privilege of introducing

completed his bachelors degree from the university of michigan and his masters and doctorate at carnegie melon university. with backgrounds in social, military, french, and american history, dr. neiberg has published widely on the theme of war in the world especially the area of the two world wars. his many books include dance of the furies, europe and the outbreak of world war i, published by harvard university press in 2011, which "the wall street journal" named as one of the five best books ever written about the war. in october, 2012, basic books published "the blood of free men" the history of the liberation of paris in 1944. in may, 2015, basic published "the end of world war ii and the remaking of europe." this month oxford university press published "path to war" the history of the american esponses to the great war, 1914-1917. please welcome dr. michael neiberg. [applause] dr. neiberg: i want to thank jerry for that kind introduction and i do work at the u.s. army war college. the sole disadvantage of that is that i'm supposed to tell you that everything you're going to hear tonight i

. >> you read the headlines, you see uber, carnegie melon, proclamation automotive executives are making. in the automotive business we're used to a lot of hype. i think when it comes to everyday matters, i think marketing hype is okay. when it comes to matters such as this, i think it's a little bit disingenuous because words are flippantly thrown around. when someone says auto ton mouse, autopilot, self-driving. what a consumer thinks, i come out of my home, i hit a button and that car will take me anywhere in america at any time under any conditions. i think as we all know, that's not the case. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> the center for a new american security hosted a discussion recently with service secretaries from the army, navy and air force on national security threats, military readiness and the presidential transition process at the pentagon. they all expressed the need to accelerate the defense acquisition system and the importance of recruiting diverse military personnel. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr moderated the panel