AI and Defense Innovation, With Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan

For the military, capabilities in the field matter most, not
R&D. So, when it comes to artificial intelligence, the
Defense Department has been moving quickly by standing up a
special team, like a startup enterprise. Its first pilot project,
“Project Maven,” began as an intelligence application. Now the
push is on to apply it in other areas. Rob and Jackie sat down
with retired Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, the first director of the
Defense Department’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC),
to discuss how AI is being used in the defense world and the
implications for the broader AI ecosystem. 


Mentioned


Daniel Castro, Michael McLaughlin, “Who Is Winning the AI
Race: China, the EU, or the United States? — 2021 Update” (Center
for Data Innovation, 2021).

Rob Atkinson, Jackie Whisman, “Podcast: Innovating in the
Defense Sector to Remain Competitive With China, Featuring
Michael Brown” (ITIF, 2021).



Related


Event, “How to Deepen Transatlantic Cooperation in AI for
Defense” (CDI, 2021).

Rob Atkinson, “Emerging Defense Technologies Need Funding to
Cross ‘The Valley of Death’” (RealClear Defense, 2020).

ITIF, “ITIF Technology Explainer: What Is Artificial
Intelligence?” (ITIF, 2018).