It’s both AI technology and ethics that will enable JADC2
Responsible Artificial Intelligence principles will build justified confidence in AI systems that the DoD will depend upon for all-domain operations.
The US has a narrow edge in its talent pool, its hardware and its algorithms, but China is ahead in accumulating data, deploying applications, and integrating different functions.
Approximately half of NSCAI's final recommendations focus on defense. "We're already working on two-thirds of them," Groen said, adding that partnerships with the U.S. domestic private sector and academia are important in pursuing JAIC's defense-focused AI goals.
"This is a fundamental roles and missions question, and DoD needs to clearly designate a lead service and compel the other services to follow that lead," says Todd Harrison, space and budget expert at the Center for Strategic and International Security.
The report recommends that US adopt an "offensive approach" to countering to counter "malign information operations" by China and Russia.
Beijing is using artificial intelligence, not only to repress domestic dissidents and minorities, the Defense Secretary said, but to develop and export autonomous weapons.
Google wants to move beyond the ‘frustrating’ criticism of Project Maven and work closely with the Pentagon’s year-old Joint AI Center, senior VP Kent Walker said.
"The Commission is not glorifying the prospect of AI-enabled warfare, [but] adopting AI for defense and security purposes is an urgent national imperative."