A DOD Education Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
Abstract
This paper addresses the lack of a strategy to educate officers in the Department of Defense about artificial intelligence (AI) and provides a recommendation for what such a program should include. The National Defense Strategy and senior military leaders agree that AI will be a key technology for future warfighters. There is little guidance on how to prepare warfighters to use AI and no specific plans to include AI into professional military education. This paper will describe why the Department of Defense (DOD) needs an education strategy and what it should include. It notes that Congress mandated DOD create an AI strategy to cover nine topics including AI design, software coding, military applications for AI, and AI decision-making, among others. Congress did not dictate, however, who should receive this education. The paper recommends options for educating the workforce about AI now and adapting joint professional military education to include AI across the continuum of learning. The conclusion is that by implementing these solutions, the DOD can help maintain both a cognitive and technological edge over adversaries with AI technologies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1112351
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People
- Herbert T. V Williams