GETTING A SENSE OF WHAT'S NEXT

摘要

Can the Army perfect an AI strategy for a fast and deadly future? Military planners spent the first two days of the 2019 Association of the U.S. Army's annual meeting outlining the future of artificial intelligence for the service and tracing back from this imagined future to present needs. This is a world where AI is so seamless and ubiquitous that it factors into everything from rifle sights to logistical management. It is a future where every soldier is a node covered in sensors, and every access point to that network is under constant threat by enemies moving invisibly through the very parts of the electromagnetic spectrum that make networks possible. It is a future where weapons can, on their own, interpret the world, position themselves within it, plot a course of action and, then, in the most extreme situations, follow through.