Artificial Intelligence: young officer Mike Kanaan helping Air Force lead the charge
It's not every day that an Air Force captain can give a four-star general an earful. Gen. Stephen Wilson, the vice chief of staff, invites input from his very junior colleague because Kanaan's expertise is artificial intelligence. Wilson says he believes AI's ability to sort mountains of data to find targets like terrorists is a way to change the nature of war. The Air Force needs to lean on Kanaan and other young, tech-savvy airmen, Wilson says, to help transform the way it uses data. "It's pretty unusual," Wilson says of his relationship with Kanaan.
Mar-30-2019, 04:30:07 GMT