The tanks and trench warfare in Ukraine may seem old-school, but US experts say the conflict has provided strategic insights into future possible conflicts from the Middle East to Taiwan. They range from the mundane -- the need for bigger weapons stockpiles -- to the high-tech, with Ukraine a proving ground for artificial intelligence and robotic warfare. Ukraine has been a test for "sensor fusion," triangulating diverse sources of information to create a fuller picture of the battlefield, said Stephen Biddle, a defense expert at Columbia University. US firm Palantir has provided Kyiv with artificial intelligence-powered tools that sort through gigabytes of data to help commanders understand the war in real time: Russian troop movements, positions and targets. Drone warfare came of age in Ukraine, but now both sides are roughly matched in capabilities, and armies around the world are catching up.

Psychology and neuroscience have played a key role in the history of AI and this is central to Starmind's activities. The new desktop app consolidates and improves upon Starmind's features, allowing ease of access without a web portal, pop-up notifications when an expert answers a question, and a more seamless UI. Starmind facilitates collaboration throughout large companies by using AI to learn who in a given company is an expert on a given topic, then matching employees with questions/problems to the relevant experts. To understand the basics of neuroscientific artificial intelligence and the Starmind application, Digital Journal caught up with Peter Wasser, the company's CEO. Digital Journal: How important is artificial intelligence to the modern company?