U.S. military plans to use Artificial Intelligence to control cyber soldiers on the battlefield

The U.S. military has unveiled plans to use artificial intelligence (A.I.) on the battlefield; however, the military admits that they are struggling to keep up with commercial A.I. firms. The great challenge for A.I. researchers in 2016 will be to figure out how to enable machines to think for themselves; to make them autonomous. With this technology, the military hopes A.I. can control everything, from cyber soldiers to the targeting systems of the F-35.(1) According to Deputy Defense secretary Robert Work, "The Department of Defense is a follower. The commercial world has already made this leap. We have to catch up with them quickly."(1)