DOD Science Board Recommends "Immediate Action" to Counter Enemy AI

The Defense Science Board's much-anticipated "Autonomy" study sees promise and peril in the years ahead. The good news: autonomy, artificial intelligence, and machine learning could revolutionize the way the military spies on enemies, defends its troops, or speeds its supplies to the front lines. The bad news: AI in commercial and academic settings is moving faster than the military can keep up. Among the most startling recommendations in the study: the United States should take "immediate action" to figure out how to defeat new AI-enabled operations. While the Pentagon was busy developing offensive weapons, techniques, plans, and tricks to use against enemies, it ignored U.S. equipment's own vulnerabilities.