Although talking about Artificial Intelligence may sound like science fiction , the truth is that it is something that is more than installed in our lives or in fact its possibilities are beginning to be seen in some spheres of our society. In fact, some countries like the United States confine AI in such a way that even the Pentagon is testing artificial intelligence that can predict events.
The Pentagon is testing artificial intelligence that can predict events
Specifically, it is the US Armed Forces that are testing an experimental artificial intelligence network that can identify and predict events several days in advance . According to the latest rumors, the tests would be part of the Global Information Domain Experiments (GIDE) program.
GIDE combines data from a wide variety of sources , including satellite images, intelligence reports, field sensors, radars, and more. All of this is carried out with the help of cloud computing , which ensures that blocks of data collected from around the world can be processed efficiently and therefore accessible to any military officer and agency in need.
“ GIDE, the Global Information Mastery Experiments project, embodies a fundamental shift in the way we use information and data to increase decision-making space for leaders from the tactical level to the strategic level, not only the military leaders, but also the civilian leaders, ” explained US Air Force General Glen D. VanHerck at a press conference held days ago.
At the base of the project is the idea of anticipating the movements of other nations in time . For example, AI can be harnessed to put in place deterrents or take precautions before fighting begins or before hostilities escalate.
The data exists. What we’re doing is taking that data, making it available, and sharing it in a cloud where machine learning and artificial intelligence look at it. And they process them very quickly and hand them over to decision makers, “said VanHerck arguing that this system can save time of several days .
Clearly, the US has not disclosed information about the exact operation of this system , much less about the processing of the information collected. The third round of GIDE testing was recently completed, but a fourth is expected to begin shortly.
However, VanHerck emphasized that final decisions will still be made by humans, based on data produced by machine learning systems.
