Artificial Intelligence and Operational-Level Planning: An Emergent Convergence
Abstract
Artificial Intelligence invades every aspect of our life in the 21st century. It helps the user build a better understanding of the world around them by gaining, storing, and recalling information. Most astoundingly, the processing power readily available to every cell phone owner exceeds that capacity of the first generation computers. With this computational capacity so prevalent in the private industry, how can the Army integrate this technology into its planning methodology, the Military Decision Making Process? This research explores human-machine teaming as it relates to planning at the Army Division level. This research deconstructs MDMP and offers suggestions of integration with existing AI technology and its computational capacity, along with human understanding, and its creative capability. This analysis illuminates some efficiencies within process gained through the concept of partnered understanding; as AI learns how to be process information for the users, users attain deeper cognitive understanding with their operating environment. This body of work also explores the cost of this integration.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 24, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1070958
Entities
People
- William A. Branch
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College