Artificial Intelligence Is Going To Make America's F-35 and B-2 Even Stronger

Key point: Faster, more capable processors will enable the aircraft's avionics, radar, sensors and communications technologies to better identify and attack enemy targets. Faster computer processors, AI-infused algorithms able to merge or "fuse" sensor information and automated maintenance and checklists are informing emerging pilot tactics aimed at anticipating future threat environments. Various applications of AI now perform a wide range of functions not purely restricted to conventional notions of IT or cyberspace; computer algorithms are increasingly able to almost instantaneously access vast pools of data, compare and organize information and perform automated procedural and analytical functions for human decision-makers. When high-volume, redundant tasks are performed through computer automation, humans are freed up to expend energy pursuing a wider range of interpretive or conceptual work. "The bottom line is the next big thing that is going to enable the US to maintain its qualitative edge is the seamless and ubiquitous sharing of information.