Brig. Gen. Matthew Easley, Director, Army AI Task Force. Courtesy Video Office of the Chief of Public Affairs
AI “needs to span every battlefield system that we have, from our maneuver systems for our fire control systems to our sustainment systems to our soldier systems to our human resource systems and our enterprise systems.”
Brig. Gen. Matthew Easley, Director of the Army AI Task Force (AAITF), made these remarks at the 2019 AUSA Warriors Corner, which runs from October 14-16.
“We need to be able to create an AI infrastructure for the Army” — Brig. Gen. Matthew Easley
The US Army is looking to integrate AI into every facet of its operations.
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“We see AI as an enabling technology for all Army modernization priorities — from future vertical lift to long range precision fires to soldier lethality,” said Easley.
In order for the US Army to get fully up-to-date with the latest technology, the AAITF is working on four key projects that will expand into 2020:
Updating systems can be a chaotic process when there is no uniform code.
“We can’t have 50 different AI solutions across the Army,” said Easley, adding, “we need to make it easier for our soldiers to do AI regardless of what business application they’re in. And this is why we’re developing an AI ecosystem for use within the Army.
“Doing this at scale is going to be a challenge for the Army because if you think about the number of platforms we have in the Army, it is incomprehensible at times.”
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Easley stressed the need for the use of common AI platforms that can all be accessed rapidly, especially on the cloud.
Army AI Implementation slide
“We need to create an Army AI data culture”
The need to update outdated systems is great, but the Army wants that these updates be as seamless as possible.
“We need to develop our AI systems so that they are as seamless as an update on your smart phone,” said Easley.
His words came on the same day that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched the Assured Micropatching (AMP) program to do just what Easley described.
“AMP aims to develop tools and methodologies for analyzing, modifying, and fixing legacy software in binary form with the assistance of assured, targeted “micropatches.” Micropatches are small patches that change the binary as little as possible in order to achieve an intended objective while also minimizing the potential side effects of the fix,” according to the project description.
“We need to develop our AI systems so that they are as seamless as an update on your smart phone”
According to Easley, the Army is currently focusing on four initial AI projects:
The US Army Artificial Intelligence Task Force leads, integrates, and synchronizes the Army AI strategy and implementation plan, key AI development efforts, and sets the foundations for the operationalizing AI withing the ARmy Future Force Modernization Enterprise.
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