Awareness in AI and Human-Machine Symbiosis
Abstract
The changing landscape of R&D development with renewed great power competition and increased commercial investment means that the DoD must maintain awareness of rapidly changing technology areas in fundamentally different ways. Artificial intelligence (AI) enabled systems permeate everyday life, and commercial AI development is advancing rapidly. Therefore, DoD must maintain awareness of the implications and opportunities of these technologies for defense and National Security applications, broadly defined to include how societal changes may affect adversary approaches to competition. DoD must also understand which unique defense and military needs will not be well supported by commercial AI development. For instance, the novelty and unique contextual situations military systems are required to operate in are not well represented in current commercial training data sets, making it highly unlikely that the way industry is approaching the problem will result in AI that adequately addresses defense applications. Focus areas include new approaches for empowering AI and AI-enabled systems to adapt to varied environments, and for enabling AI reasoning.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 52c7951d148af1a47fbb01c0efaa5d97