Air Force Looks to Artificial Intelligence to Fight Future Wars

The Air Force is hoping advances in artificial intelligence mean the abundance of data from its aircraft, weapons and satellites will be easier to access and analyze. "There's certainly a data aspect piece" of artificial intelligence, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen "Seve" Wilson said Monday. "I think we all would agree, maybe, that data is the'renewable oil' of the 21st century," Wilson said during the Future of War conference hosted by New America and Arizona State University. "With that data, we have to be able to have the right algorithms that connect the data, and understand the data, to a network. I think the cloud's a part of this, and I think'compute on the edge' is a part of this," he said, referencing a streamlined approach to avoid stovepiping information flow needed at the speed of war.