How the Army plans to use virtual humans powered by artificial intelligence

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How the Army plans to use virtual humans powered by artificial intelligence
By: Brandon Knapp   3 days ago


Deep within the Army’s 2019 budget request, lies a program that, at first glance, reads like the plot of an episode from the futuristic series “Black Mirror.”

The program, formally known as Human-Virtual Human Interaction, is described in the Army’s research and development budget as an effort to create “virtual human computer-generated characters that look, communicate and behave like real people.” The document goes on to describe what exactly such behavior entails. “The virtual humans will be autonomous, use verbal and non-verbal communication, exhibit emotions, model their own beliefs, desires and intentions as well as those of others, and reason using advanced artificial intelligence.”

https://www.c4isrnet.com/it-networks/2018/02/15/how-the-army-plans-to-use-virtual-humans-powered-by-artificial-intelligence/