mmowgli Design for Maritime Singularity

Abstract

mmowgli is a re-purpose able online platform that harnesses the creative potential of large, diverse groups for thinking and acting on complex, open-ended challenges. Since its inception in 2011, mmowgli has been used by the Navy and DoD to address a wide range of issues. The authors, sponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research, created a study using mmowgli to explore how the U.S. Navy might respond to an imagined future where the long awaited Singularity of speculative non-fiction has arrived. Over a one-week timeframe, players from all over the world collaborated on the mmowgli platform, exploring concepts around two broad framings of the Singularity question.- Singularity 1 frames the Singularity as the emergence and growth of Artificial Intelligence, to the point that Artificial Intelligence exceeds human intelligence.- Singularity 2 frames the Singularity in terms of Complexity. Much like what happens with Singularity 1, Singularity 2 portrays a future where the complexity of the world outstrips the ability of humans to process it. Following the mmowgli online event, the authors convened an in-person workshop comprised of participants from the game alongside members of the Naval Research and Development Enterprise. The purpose of the workshop was to more fully flesh out a small subset of the ideas played in the game into actionable recommendations. These are as follows:- An AI personal assistant, optimized for Navy use called SQUIDS (Symbiotic Query Universal Iterative Decision System).- AI decision aids called ADAPT (Augmented Decision Analysis and Planning Tool).- Mind the Gap: an integrated set of cultural changes and technology prototypes designed to raise the level of the Navy's organizational complexity carrying capacity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 21, 2018
Accession Number
AD1060665

Entities

People

  • Garth A. Jensen
  • Matthew C. Largent

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command
  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Systems
  • Aircrafts
  • Application Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence Software
  • Big Data
  • Command And Control
  • Complex Adaptive Systems
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Information Science
  • Load Monitoring
  • Military Research
  • Naval Personnel
  • Naval Warfare
  • Network Science
  • Online Communications
  • Organizational Structure
  • Payload
  • Personality
  • Self Organizing Systems
  • Sensor Networks
  • Teamwork
  • User Interface
  • Virtual Reality
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Game Theory.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy