Artificial Intelligence Applied to the Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence of the U.S. Central Command.

Abstract : This study offers commanders and managers an operational perspective of the steadily evolving technology of artificial intelligence (AI). This primer discusses AI within the context of its probable future application to command, control, communications, and intelligence (C3I). The technological advances in command, control, and intelligence collection and communications capabilities the concurrent inundation of data into command facilities, and the limited number of experienced personnel available to analyze the material are the catalysts to investigate the current as well as future assistance that may be available through AI systems. And as it will be pointed out, the human contribution to this environment is key to the success of AI systems. In order for the reader to better understand the differences between current conventional computer services and those that capitalize on AI techniques, a little background as well as some fundamental building blocks of this newly emerging art are introduced.