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TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Developers need to build \u201cethical\u201d artificial intelligence<\/a> for military use, but that same technology <\/a>must also explain what it does, according to the chief data officer of U.S. Special Operations Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt some point we\u2019ve got to get to explainable AI,\u201d Thomas Kenney said May 19 at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Florida. \u201cAnd explainable AI is a little bit different than saying ethical AI, because explainable AI means that algorithm needs to tell us why it made the decision it did<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s because the speed of future warfare will mean AI talking to AI to make decisions that might not have a human at the helm, Kenney said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is no different than expecting a Navy SEAL team to explain its decision-making process following an overseas deployment, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s essentially what we\u2019re doing today from an AI ethics perspective,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going back to the engineer and asking the engineer to explain: \u2018Why\u2019d you code that algorithm that way?\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, he added, the algorithm must explain to its user the decisions it makes, and the \u201cexplainability\u201d factor will be \u201cabsolutely essential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf they cannot explain to each other how they are making decisions programmatically, we\u2019re never going to be able to win a strategic fight that is dominated by AI,\u201d Kenney said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explainable AI isn\u2019t an entirely new idea. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency demonstrated some early capabilities in 2018, according to its website<\/a>. That effort sought to simultaneously keep high-prediction accuracy with the algorithm while also delivering results that humans could understand and trust, DARPA has noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2018, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency demonstrated ‘explainable artificial intelligence’ to better connect algorithms with human users. (DARPA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Notably, Kenney said, one of the areas in which SOCOM wants to improve is the \u201csemantic layer\u201d \u2014 or a means by which the command can deliver data in layperson\u2019s terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is for the non-data scientists,\u201d he said. \u201cAdvanced computing shouldn\u2019t just be with the engineers. It should be with the [subject matter experts] on the battlefield every day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To do that, SOCOM needs a better way to inform mission command and fuse intelligence across multiple platforms and sources, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first step on the mission command front requires a quick way to see the status of its people and logistics. \u201cWe have to know where we are when the phone call comes in and says this is what we need to do,\u201d Kenney said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He pointed to lessons on information operations coming out of Ukraine as a prime example, with social media often providing as good or better information than Ukraine\u2019s military intelligence agencies. But without a way to harness that data by fusing intelligence from various points, it\u2019s difficult to create a complete picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To tackle that problem, mission command systems must have an application programming interface design built-in, an open architecture that is platform-agnostic, and \u2014 most important for intelligence fusion \u2014 real-time data integration, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2018, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency demonstrated ‘explainable artificial intelligence’ to better connect algorithms with human users. (DARPA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That real-time data is critical because operators can\u2019t work with outdated information or pause a mission for a refresh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At another panel during the conference, Mark Taylor, who serves as SOCOM\u2019s chief technical officer, pointed to the concept of a hybrid cloud as one solution. But since the government uses several vendors for its cloud services, he said, software and application developers need to bake into their products ways for the command to operate on multiple clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like that \u2018Star Trek\u2019 elevator that goes up and sideways,\u201d Taylor said, adding that the command is looking for ways to perform computing tasks \u201cno longer bound by the environment that it\u2019s in.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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