Pentagon Urged to Do More Against Biased Artificial Intelligence

The Pentagon has committed to combating bias in artificial intelligence but may not be asking the right questions of industry partners to be successful. AI has become a bedrock of 21st century military strategy, and the Defense Department argues that machine learning is integral to the U.S. military's competitive edge. But traditional AI models are "brittle" and "not ready for deployment," Nisheeth Vishnoi, a Yale professor of computer science, said. Wrong results on the battlefield include incorrect identification of human and environmental targets. The department has spent billions of dollars on AI development, including establishment of a Joint Artificial Intelligence ...