“The Virtual Sixth Sense†- Transforming Soldier Lethality through Artificial Intelligence & Augmented Reality
Scott Padgett
As increasingly intelligent computing technologies mature, the U.S. Army will have the potential to harness and diffuse capabilities down to individual Soldiers that will change how small units operate. Future tactical battlefields will consist of "automated systems that move too fast, and the factors involved are too complex for real human comprehension."
This article introduces advanced artificial intelligence concepts as force multipliers to transform lethality of the individual warfighter and small close-combat units. Specifically, we present a theory called the "Virtual Sixth Sense" (VSS) whereby intelligent machines extend the human warfighter's senses and knowledge and fuse these capabilities with Augmented Reality (A.R.) to achieve and maintain tactical overmatch. VSS intends to ease the cognitive burden on the tactical warfighter. We demonstrate its potential through a notional combat scenario, examine some of the specific technologies and infrastructure required to support these capabilities, and review their potential vulnerabilities.
https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/virtual-sixth-sense-transforming-soldier-lethality-through-artificial-intelligence
