Self-Confidence of Autonomous Systems in a Military Environment

The topic of the self-confidence of autonomous systems is discussed from the perspective of its use in a military environment. The concepts of autonomy and self-confidence are quite different in a military environment from the civilian environment. The military’s recruit indoctrination provided a basis for the concept, the factors affecting the concept, and its measurement and communication. These and other aspects of the topic self-confidence in autonomous systems are discussed along with examples based on current research on the interface between human operators and such systems.