Skynet

[Adam Peter]

When it shoots first... is it action or reaction to a future event?

Pentagon believes its precognitive AI can predict events 'days in advance'

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The US military's AI experiments are growing particularly ambitious. The Drive reports that US Northern Command recently completed a string of tests for Global Information Dominance Experiments (GIDE), a combination of AI, cloud computing and sensors that could give the Pentagon the ability to predict events "days in advance," according to Command leader General Glen VanHerck.

 

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The advantages of this predictive AI are fairly clear. Instead of merely reacting to events or relying on outdated info, the Pentagon could take proactive steps like deploying forces or ramping up defenses. It could also provide an "opportunity" for the civilian government, VanHerck added. He didn't provide examples, but this could help politicians call out acts of aggression while they're still in the early stages.

 

[BansheeOne]

[Adam Peter]

The civilian leg of the research: MIT researchers use AI to predict the next big things in tech

[Mighty_Zuk]

AI ain't that scary. Unless you're doing production work.

[Steven P Allen]

Self-fulfilling prophecy.

You shake your 8-Ball, and the little window says :  "Next BIG Thing:  QuantumWidgets™️, so you put all your R&D resources into QuantumWidgets™️, and guess what happens.  All of a sudden and without warning, QuantumWidgets™️ become a reality.

Military version:  your PredictaPen tells you that the Duchy of Grand Fenwick is going to go gunning for your recon overflights, so you augment their number and frequency.  The augmentations irritate the Grand duke, so he decides to try to shoot one down to put you in your place.

[Stuart Galbraith]

What could possibly go wrong?

[TrustMe]

That film made me take a Computer Science degree course when I was younger 😀