AI will now have input in US Air Force decision-making

[AMDR]

AI will now have input in Air Force decision-making​

By Katherine Owens
Sep 05, 2017

Algorithms will now bring artificial intelligence into the Air Force’s planning, programming, budgeting, and execution process. According to the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), this step marks the first stage of Project Quantum, an effort to use machine-learning resources to enhance decision-making capabilities among top military leaders.

The first step is a contract with SparkCognition, an artificial intelligence-focused company based in Austin, Texas. The machine-learning programs applied to the Air Force decision-making data will be common to those of the company’s SparkPredict programs, according to a press release.

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[Hyperion]

No wonder Elon Musk went apeshit yesterday!

 

[KAL-EL]

The very very beginning of Skynet?

 

[maximuswarrior]

We all know where this is heading. Elon Musk is right.

On a different, Trump minions should be more worried about AI and robots replacing a large workforce in the foreseeable future. Immigrants are their least worries right now.