Category: Artificial Intelligence

How does overcomplexity, ambiguity, and a lack of follow-through or data-driven culture kill AI projects on the runway? The wings on the AI plane can be wildly expensive, with data scientists commanding six-figure-plus salaries. But how sure are you that the project will fly, and more importantly, not crash? There are as many reasons for failure as for success, and there’s no single, all-encompassing answer. Let this article shed some light on how being hyper-specific on exactly how you’re going to use AI will help to accomplish your goals. 

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2020/12/16/the-four-mistakes-that-kill-artificial-intelligenceprojects/?sh=1ca0b3371aad

Space is the place come 2021. The Space Prime effort could support game-changing “space transport and logistics” capabilities. Modeled after the erstwhile high-profile Agility Prime project, the program now takes lead for the commercial use of ‘flying cars’ or electronic vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. Moving on to the not-to-distant future, it looks like the Air Force is gearing up new initiatives to harvest cutting-edge commercial tech, with an effort to kick open new markets for next-generation space systems. 

Source: https://breakingdefense.com/2020/12/af-taps-flying-car-firms-for-prime-investment-expands-program/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2012.15.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and Department of Defense needs to work across departments and units as a unified force to bring AI to the military. As the United States continues to face heightened security challenges, artificial intelligence should be at the forefront of operations. Enterprise-wide AI systems could also be utilized to better store data and move away from thousands of spreadsheets.

Source: https://www.c4isrnet.com/opinion/2020/11/19/unlock-ai-to-transform-the-pentagon/

The age of AI is amongst us, and will most likely be the key in helping geographic combatant commanders make more informed decisions much more quickly than they can today. With hopes of developing weapons that are more precise, guided on command to human-selected targets, and infallible automatic threat detection and threat identification, AI is posed to be the military’s biggest challenge. Will warfighting decisions soon be carried out by AI?

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/11/25/militarys-biggest-ai-challenge-convincing-commanders-embrace-it.html

What if measuring signals and thoroughly interpreting as valid messages can get to the point where machine provided feedback to the soldier’s brains allow them to take corrective action before something takes place? Research is now ongoing on how the brain and computers can effectively communicate viably through a capability that could protect the health of a war fighter. Aiming towards developing a system of communication where soldiers can silently talk via a computer in the field and with advancements in battle-ready machine-human interface using brain signals, this is likely just a few decades away.

Source: https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/it-networks/2020/11/25/could-soldiers-silently-communicate-using-brain-signals-in-the-future/