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ai with ai: Curiosity Killed the Poison Frog, Part I

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Andy and Dave briefly discuss the results from the Group of Governmental Experts meetings on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems in Geneva; the Pentagon releases it's Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap 2017-2042; Google announces Dataset Search, a curated pool of datasets available on the internet; California endorses a set of 23 AI Principles in conjunction with the Future of Life, and registration for the Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) 2018 conference sells out in just under 12 minutes. Researchers at DeepMind announce a Symbol-Concept Association Network (SCAN), for learning abstractions in the visual domain in a way that mimics human vision and word acquisition. DeepMind also presents an approach to "catastrophic forgetting," using a Variational Autoencoder with Shared Embeddings (VASE) method to learn new information while protecting previously learned representations. Researchers from the University of Maryland and Cornell demonstrate the ability to poison the training data set of a neural net image classifier with innocuous poison images. Research from the University of South Australia and Flinders University attempts to link personality with eye movements. OpeanAI, Berkley and Edinburgh's research looks at curiosity-driven learning across 54 benchmark environments (including video games and physics engine simulations, showing that agents learn to play many Atari games without using any rewards, rally-making behavior emerging in two-player Pong, and others. Finally, Andy shares an interactive app that allows users to “play” with a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) in a browser; “Franken-algorithms” by Andrew Smith is the paper of the week; “Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car” by Burns and Shulgan is the book of the week; and for the videos of the week, Major Voke offers thoughts on AI in the Command and Control of Airpower, and Jonathan Nolan releases “Do You Trust This Computer?”

; and for the videos of the week, Major Voke offers thoughts on AI in the Command and Control of Airpower, and Jonathan Nolan releases “Do You Trust This Computer?” /images/AI-Posters/AI_1_47.jpg ... the Driverless Car—And How It Will Reshape Our World , by Lawrence Burns and Christopher Shulgan Videos of the Week Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Command and Control (C2) of Airpower Do

ai and autonomy in russia: Issue 42, July 18, 2022

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awareness and command and control. He proposes equipping each tank with micro- drones that will operate within a line-of-sight range (up to 4-5 km) in order to look around the corner, over the top ... can switch between manual and automated control, thus masking the UAV signal from Ukrainian countermeasures. RUSSIAN MILITARY CONTINUES USING AND REFINING UGV TACTICS AND CONCEPTS Russian ... . The joint system relies on collecting large amounts of data from process control systems and technical diagnostic systems, while also simultaneously performing diagnostics and running a predictive

ai and autonomy in russia: Issue 34, March 21, 2022

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—showed the drone's guidance system, a strike with a guided munition, and the ensuing explosion on the ground. The Russian military identified the target as the forward operating command and control ... on Wrangel Island in Chukotka region. According to the exercise, multiple UAV targets were detected and classified, and these data were then transferred to the air defense command post. During another exercise ... coming from the control and measuring equipment available at the facilities, including streaming scanning, vehicle weight and size measurements, and radiation monitoring. The proposal indicates the use

china ai and autonomy report: Issue 7, January 27, 2022

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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 7, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.

of military operations, it also entails some risk. AI presents new ethical issues in the command and control (C2) of machines. AI systems, for example, lack value systems that constrain human behavior ... ’s Army Command College discuss relationships between machines and humans in intelligent warfare.   In an article titled   “Exploring the ‘Underlying Logic’ of Intelligent Warfare from Four Basic ... and that all operate by some form of human control. This results in a situation in which the unmanned system is in the “front” and humans are in the “back” controlling or managing the system’s operation. Even

pla update: Issue 20, April 30, 2024

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PLA Update, Issue 20, is a CNA China Studies Program monthly newsletter, with summaries of Chinese media coverage of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

participate in major international governance issues such as artificial intelligence (AI) control, space debris management, and deep sea environmental protection. They also recommended contributing ... vertically integrate information systems and share data in support of a common operating picture and integrated command platform. MILITARY DIPLOMACY & OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES PLA Competes in Snowfield ... in PRC writings, within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, it refers to an officer who exerts tactical control over assigned forces in a specific exercise serial. For more on the 2024 iteration

Checklist Advances the Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence

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CNA introduces tool to implement ethics policies for autonomous systems

the system, in the event that command and control is lost, abort mission and return to base or destroy itself? Did the test and evaluation procedure utilize Red Team attacks specifically designed to drive ... system ethics principles and current rules of engagement? Has the mission been analyzed to verify that no transfer of command and control over the system can occur without specific authorization

The PLA and Intelligent Warfare Preliminary Analysis

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China’s army, the PLA, is exploring “intelligent warfare” using AI and autonomous weapons, CNA analysis of PLA writings shows. The US should prepare accordingly.

a hybrid command and control system involving humans and machines. Most PRC writers envision humans remaining in command of autonomous systems, especially at the strategic level, while exerting only limited control of machines at tactical levels. Many PRC writers seemed to be influenced by Marxist and Maoist teachings that humans will remain the most decisive factor in war. These writers

Rethinking the US Approach to Boko Haram

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U.S. Naval Forces Africa asked CNA to recommend an approach for the United States government (USG) to counter Boko Haram. The USG has been working with the government of Nigeria (GoN) to defeat the group, but the two governments are taking divergent approaches and efforts to date have not been effective. The GoN is taking a narrow counterterrorism approach that relies heavily on the military, whereas a broader whole-of-government approach is required. Due to the political dynamics in Nigeria, the USG has few ways to change the GoN’s approach to the conflict. We propose that the USG and other supporting partners focus on assisting Chad, Niger, and Cameroon to become increasingly able to prevent Boko Haram from taking root within their borders. While this would not dismantle Boko Haram in the near term, it could buy time for conditions in Nigeria to become more favorable to direct U.S. assistance.

to direct U.S. assistance. United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) has responsibility for advancing U.S. national interests and promoting regional security and stability in Africa. Today, violent ... taken control of sizable territories where it forces its own brand of Islamic law on local communities. In addition, Boko Haram now conducts incursions across Nigerian borders into Cameroon ... ) was tasked to develop a supporting plan to U.S. Africa Command’s (AFRICOM) Gulf of Guinea campaign plan. In this role, the command requested that CNA conduct a study and recommend a way forward for the USG

Long Littoral Project Bay of Bengal

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This report addresses the major security issues associated with the Bay of Bengal. In this 838,600 square mile area, security threats to numerous countries, including the United States, range from disputes over exclusive economic zones to terrorism, piracy, poaching, overfishing, and trafficking of humans, arms, and narcotics. A review of the full spectrum of threats in the Bay of Bengal reveals two dominant security challenges: nascent China-India competition and the likelihood of a natural disaster. This report explores these issues in order to assess U.S. policy options for addressing each of them. It concludes by recommending ways to manage the potential for China-India strategic rivalry and to mitigate the damage of an environmental catastrophe. This is one in a series of five reports on each of the major maritime basins found along the greater Asian littoral that runs from the Sea of Japan in the east to the Arabian Sea in the west. This “long littoral” is the subject of a CNA project of the same name under the direction of CNA Senior Fellow RADM (ret.) Michael A. McDevitt. The Long Littoral project examines the five great maritime basins of the IndoPacific—the Sea of Japan, the East China and Yellow seas, the South China Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea—in order to provide a different perspective, namely a maritime viewpoint, on security issues that the United States’ “rebalance” strategy must address as it focuses on the Indo-Pacific littoral. The project also aims to identify issues that may be common to more than one basin, but involve different players in different regions, with the idea that solutions possible in one maritime basin may be applicable in others.

, already worried about China’s “Malacca Dilemma,” recognize that the A&N Command puts India’s naval and air power in a position to control access to the Strait of Malacca and, hence, to the South ... , India has begun upgrading its tri-service Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Command, allocating greater resources to the Eastern Naval Command (located along India’s Bay of Bengal coast), and increasing

STUDY: PROTECTING MEDICAL SERVICES AND FORCE HEALTH IN A COVID ENVIRONMENT: AN ASSESSMENT OF USNS COMFORT OPERATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY

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Assessed the lessons learned on how to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 from the USN Comfort's mission in New York City

that the vessel is not set up to control the spread of infectious disease. And yet, only six crewmembers tested positive for COVID-19 over the course of the one-month mission, with 12 more testing positive ...  engineering and administrative controls that helped minimize hazards. Among several recommendations, we advise that U.S. Second Fleet and Military Sealift Command should integrate most of the mitigation ... exercises. BACKGROUND In mid-March of 2020, when early epidemiologic models indicated a doomsday scenario for pandemic epicenters such as New York City, Seattle, and Los Angeles, a Northern Command