The Pentagon Doubles Down on AI–and Wants Help from Big Tech
Feb 13, 2019•10 min
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Episode description
In the 1960s, the Department of Defense began shoveling money towards a small group of researchers with a then-fringe idea: making machines intelligent. Military money played a central role in establishing a new science—artificial intelligence. Sixty years later, the Pentagon believes AI has matured enough to become a central plank of America’s national security.
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