AI helps the Pentagon sharpen its supply-line game
AI helps the Pentagon sharpen its supply-line game
AI helps the Pentagon sharpen its supply-line game
By Ina Fried
December 16, 2022
Summary
Nearly 40 years after the movie "WarGames," the Pentagon still relies on manual simulation to plan for some of its most important wartime logistics.
Esper is an advisor to Defcon AI, which is developing an artificial intelligence system that the Air Force can use to simulate various aspects of military logistics.
The Air Force, which announced plans to try out the technology earlier this year, is moving forward with a $5 million contract to move into production, Defcon AI tells Axios.
Defcon AI is still a small effort, with about two dozen people doing everything from advising on strategy to writing the code.
Defcon AI is one of a number of startups and loose coalitions of former military service leaders who are trying to help the Pentagon make better use of commercial technology.
Between the lines: While his company is focused on ways the military can incorporate AI into its planning process, Selva cautions against seeing the technology as a panacea.
Military use also requires AI systems that can explain the decisions they are making, Selva said, adding, "Planners don't like black boxes."
Reference
Fried, I. (2022, December 16). Ai helps the Pentagon sharpen its supply-line game. Axios. Retrieved January 17, 2023, from https://www.axios.com/2022/12/16/ai-pentagon-supply-lines-simulation