AI in Defense - DoD's AI Blog

Having access to the right data when it is needed will significantly ease and speed the development of future Department of Defense artificial intelligence capabilities. Unfortunately, much of the data that could be used for AI development in the DoD is not collected or stored effectively for optimal use. For this reason, data scientists and AI practitioners from the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center are encouraging DoD components to begin thinking about how to make their systems and procedures "AI-Ready." "When someone comes and asks us to build an impactful AI application to help them make better decisions on the battlefield, we don't want to have to respond with, 'Well, we'd love to help you, but you don't have any data. So, we'll have to start from scratch,'" said Colonel Bradley Boyd, lead for the JAIC's Joint Warfighting Operations Mission Initiative.