Los miembros del Congreso est\u00e1n presionando al Pent\u00e1gono para que invierta m\u00e1s en inteligencia artificial para la guerra y la mejora de las operaciones comerciales. El Departamento de Defensa ha identificado la microelectr\u00f3nica, las comunicaciones 5G y la hipers\u00f3nica como sus tres principales prioridades de investigaci\u00f3n y desarrollo. Por otro lado, el representante Adam Smith, dem\u00f3crata de Washington, dijo que IA deber\u00eda ser la primera prioridad.<\/p>\n
Members of Congress are pushing the Pentagon to invest more in artificial intelligence for warfighting and improving business operations.<\/p>\n
The Defense Department has identified microelectronics, 5G communications and hypersonics as its top three research-and-development priorities. But House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., said AI should be at the top of the list.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe most important technological advance is AI,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cHow we develop our AI technology and how we use it is going to be, I think, the No.1 priority\u201d for those pulling the purse strings.<\/p>\n
The HASC version of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act had a number of related provisions including $132 million for joint artificial intelligence research, development, test and evaluation. It also recommended $147 million, an increase of $10 million over the Trump administration\u2019s request, for Special Operations Command\u2019s operational enhancements program involving AI.<\/p>\n
Additionally, it would provide the director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center new acquisition authority up to $150 million annually over the next five years for new contracts related to the development, acquisition and sustainment of key technologies and services.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Senate Armed Services Committee\u2019s version of the NDAA would authorize funding for a slew of programs across the Pentagon, and require the secretary of defense to establish a set of at least five use cases of artificial intelligence capabilities that support efforts to improve the department\u2019s \u201cback office\u201d business processes and systems.<\/p>\n
The bill would also direct the undersecretary for research and engineering to pilot a technology development and prototyping activity that leverages commercially available AI technologies and systems.<\/p>\n
The department should ensure that \u201chigh priority activities are selected for execution, and that effective capabilities are transitioned into operational use,\u201d according to a summary of the bill.<\/p>\n
The Trump administration\u2019s 2021 budget request included about $2.5 billion for AI and autonomous systems projects. Some experts, including former Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work, believe that is insufficient.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not a lot of money in the big scheme of things when you have a $740 billion budget and you\u2019ve got about $2.5 billion in a given year on these technologies,\u201d Work said during a discussion hosted by the Center for a New American Security, where he is now a senior fellow. \u201cI would like to see that go up by at least an order of magnitude.\u201d<\/p>\n