Our CTO Scott Philips recently had the opportunity to testify before the U.S. Senate AI Insight Forum. You can read the full text of his statement here.
Today, in the era of strategic competition, the problems are similar but also more complex and nuanced. In the Pacific alone, the U.S. has a wide range of ongoing activities connected to strategic competition including large force exercises, key leader engagements, conceal / reveal operations of new capability, and economic initiatives meant to change investment patterns. The big question is — are any of these activities moving the needle on our strategic priorities? How is the adversary perceiving our efforts? How are our allies and partners perceiving them? Are we contributing to the U.S. goals of achieving integrated deterrence or expanding access, basing, and overflight?
These are questions AI is uniquely suited to address. The answers exist, but not in traditional government-collected sensor feeds, such as from UAVs. They exist in the open source, spread across hundreds of countries in dozens of languages and in multiple formats (text, imagery, video). The challenge is compounded by a flood of misinformation attempting to convince our partners and allies that the U.S. is not a reliable partner. AI can help us peer through this fog of war to provide clarity, insight, and wisdom at the most critical times for our country.”
