Lasers, Hypersonics, & AI: Mike Griffin’s Killer Combo
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How will the US kill enemy hypersonic weapons in future war? The Pentagon’s research chief has some high-tech ideas.
Should We Ban ‘Killer Robots’? Can We?
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Fear & Loathing In AI: How The Army Triggered Fears Of Killer Robots
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ATLAS: Killer Robot? No. Virtual Crewman? Yes.
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Alarming headlines to the contrary, the US Army isn’t building robotic “killing machines.” What they really want artificial intelligence to do in combat is much more interesting.
New Evidence Of Conflict of Interest In JEDI Contract
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WASHINGTON The massive and troubled $10 billion cloud contract the Pentagon has been pursuing has run into another snag. DoD revealed Tuesday it has obtained “new information” pointing to potential of conflicts of interest in the competition, already widely criticized for favoring Amazon Web Services. Pentagon spokesperson Elissa Smith confirmed to Breaking Defense that “new… Keep reading →
Fix It Before It Breaks: SOCOM, JAIC Pioneer Predictive Maintenance AI
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“He said you’ve got tremendous people, you prototype pretty effectively, and you’re absolutely terrible — he had some more colorful words than that — for machine learning,” Gen. Thomas said. “It gave me a spark … and turned me into a zealot.”
Artificial Intelligence: Will Special Operators Lead The Way?
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“The SOF guys are less risk averse than conventional ground forces, so they’re more apt to push the limit,” said Bob Work, father of the AI-driven Third Offset Strategy. “Their commanders also have embraced AI and autonomous ops…. so I think all the conditions are set for SOF to lead the way in the more direct combat applications of AI and autonomy.”
Artificial Intelligence: Are We Losing The Race?
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“I think Russia and China are in a better position than we are at the moment on Artificial Intelligence,” Sen. Sen. James Inhofe said. I asked if he would press hard for more money. Answer: “To me, there are other things that need to be done first.”
Attacking Artificial Intelligence: How To Trick The Enemy
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“Autonomy may look like an Achilles’ heel, and in a lot of ways it is” – but for both sides, DTRA’s Nick Wager said. “I think that’s as much opportunity as that is vulnerability. We are good at this… and we can be better than the threat.”