US military is trying to build AI with the 'basic common sense' of a ten-year-old child

The US military is chasing a'third wave' of artificial intelligence (AI) that will see robots endowed with the basic common sense of a 10-year-old child. Its research branch the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is calling for researchers to breed a new type of AI that can solve complex problems. The goal is to build AI that can'communicate more effectively with people' and'understand new situations' better than any previous machines. The project, called The Machine Common Sense Program, is part of a $2 billion investment in AI by Darpa - the military research branch that pioneered the internet. The US military is chasing a'third wave' of artificial intelligence that will see robots endowed with common sense.