Taking on Modern Day Gremlins With Artificial Intelligence

Online glitches are basically modern day gremlins--and they can cost companies millions of dollars. With so much data to check and double-check, maybe artificial intelligence (AI) can help stop these "gremlins" from wreaking havoc online. Perhaps the most iconic World War II cartoon is the Warner Bros. episode "Falling Hare." Bugs Bunny pooh-poohs the notion of gremlins committing sabotage on the Allied war effort, until those little creatures cause malfunctions in everything from bombs to planes, with devastating results in the Merrie Melodies classic. SEE ALSO: The'Quantum Computing' Decade Is Coming--Why You Should Care According to Robert O. Harder, in a piece published by MHQ--The Quarterly Journal of Military History, "gremlins" were tall tales told by pilots of mischief makers that would infect aircraft, causing all kinds of maladies.