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Group of technical and policy experts said that the U.S. Navy consider artificial intelligence from two points of view: infrastructure, providing the operation of unmanned systems and technologies designed to improve how the sailors and their commanders make decisions.
The results provided the artificial intelligence (AI), is to either assist or complement the ongoing operations of manned unmanned vehicles, said Brett Vaughan, chief press officer of the Navy, speaking at the naval Institute of the United States. In this case, the person will always be in the loop and be able to play a Central role.
said Vaughan.
This does not mean that the AI system is unable to make some decisions, he said. According to Vaughan, in some situations, unmanned vessels, for example, while traversing underwater rock that AI can do without human intervention.
The goal of the Pentagon against the AI to use it to achieve a competitive advantage, said Lieutenant General retired Michael Green, former Director of the joint center for artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is currently playing a key role in the ongoing Navy trials of unmanned ships in the middle East. This was stated last week, the commander of the 5th fleet Vice Admiral brad Cooper.
According to him, the civilians and the military have become accustomed to using AI, including on conventional ships. It is used in navigating a course, the analysis of the peculiarities of navigation in a certain area, the fire alarm goes off about the approaching submarine barrier.
Military AI can help to show the commanders extra features or risks, in the same way as the navigation application can offer a different route depending on traffic.
According to Sam Tangredi, Professor at the national, naval and Maritime strategy at the naval war College, USA, China had previously said it wants to become a leader in the field of AI. And, as noted in the U.S. Navy, it is necessary to make every effort that China could not catch up to the United States in a military application of artificial intelligence. It is proposed not only to develop their own AI for the Navy, but also to prevent China to develop its technologies in the military sphere. One of the measures is a ban on the export to China of semiconductor technologies of the new generation.
