You Can’t Write an Algorithm for Uncertainty

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You Can’t Write an Algorithm for Uncertainty
By Mark Gilchrist
August 23, 2017

Why Advanced Analytics May Not Be the Solution to the Military ‘Big Data’ Challenge

The proliferation of sensors and data sources available to a modern military like the ADF often swamps the ability of the analyst to find what’s truly relevant in the sea of information. The exponential increase in sensors and data sources hasn’t been matched by an increase in human resources to process them. That imbalance makes aspirations of ‘information superiority’ untenable, leaving militaries vulnerable to promises that they’ll have machine solutions for and certainty about what’s an inherently human and uncertain problem: war.

http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/08/23/you_cant_write_an_algorithm_for_uncertainty_why_advanced_analytics_may_not_be_the_solution_to_the_military_big_data_challenge_112127.html