A revolution of military requirements demands surge in artificial intelligence

Presidents have ordered troop surges into Iraq and Afghanistan, and President Trump is applying that strategy in another way. His Feb. 11 executive order requires a surge in research and development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The order requires federal agencies to drive progress on AI through their own research and development and through investing in R&D in the private sector and academia. "Artificial intelligence" and "machine learning" are terms used interchangeably despite the vast difference between them. To analyze where we need to go, we first need to define the terms.