Pentagon Wants AI to Predict Behavioral Changes in Troops

[rangerrebew]

Pentagon Wants AI to Predict Behavioral Changes in Troops



Aaron Boyd By Aaron Boyd,
Senior Editor, Nextgov
May 5, 2020 12:57 PM ET

The Defense Department wants artificial intelligence that can tell when shifts in behavior could have “unwanted negative outcomes” for troops, their units and their missions.

When a teammate is struggling with depression, mental health or other psychological issues, it can have a debilitating effect on the entire team. During a military operation, those issues, if left unaddressed, can lead to mission failure, injury and death.

To prevent mental health issues from becoming a problem on the battlefield, the Defense Innovation Unit—a team within the Defense Department that taps nontraditional contractors to bring the latest technologies to the military—wants to develop predictive artificial intelligence that can flag behavior changes in a service member.
 
https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2020/05/pentagon-want-ai-predict-behavioral-changes-troops/165148/

[EdinVA]

Great... Now we are going to have the troops fill our a feelings card during the firefight to see if they are depressed then feed it to a computer and see if they are depressed?

[rangerrebew]

AND a quiet room with a therapy dog iif you have been "triggered." 

[EdinVA]

AND a quiet room with a therapy dog iif you have been "triggered." 

AND the computer is never wrong...