GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO WTAE LISTENS. I’M CHANDI CHAPMAN TODAY WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY OF TOMORROW. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. IT’S A TOPIC WE’RE HEARING ABOUT ALL THE TIME LATELY. BUT WHAT REALLY IS AI AND HOW IS IT CHANGING THE WORLD AROUND US? THIS MORNING WE’RE DECODING THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY. THINKING LIKE A HUMAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN BE DEFINED AS THE CAPABLE THE T OF A MACHINE TO IMITATE INTELLIGENT HUMAN BEHAVIOR. WILL WE STRIKE THAT BALANCE BETWEEN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND OUR ETHICAL AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY? IT’S BEEN THE SUBJECT OF CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS. WE’RE GOING TO SEIZE ITS BENEFITS. WE HAVE TO START BY MANAGING ITS RISKS, POLITICAL BACK AND FORTH. AND A LOT OF RESEARCH. BUT DESPITE ITS RECENT POPULAR THE T, AI IS NOTHING NEW. SCIENTISTS AND MATHEMATICIANS BEGAN EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY DECADES AGO. SOME OF THAT RESEARCH HAPPENING HERE IN PITTSBURGH. CMU WAS THE BIRTHPLACE, YOU CAN SAY, OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THIS MORNING, A PROFESSOR EXPLAINS THE ROLE OUR CITY IS PLAYING IN AI’S DEVELOPMENT. PLUS, IT’S CHANGED THE WAY WE WORK. IT’S CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE’VE INTERACTED. THE HEAD OF PITTSBURGH’S TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL ON HOW OUR LOCAL ECONOMY IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TECH ALSO. SO IT MAKES US MORE PRODUCTIVE AND EFFICIENT AND WE CAN DO A LOT MORE. A POLICE DEPARTMENT RECRUITING AI TO PROTECT YOU. THE NEW PROGRAM BEING PUT TO WORK AND SUPPORTS COMMANDERS AND AND LEADERS IN THE FIELD TAKING CARE OF THEIR SOLDIERS AND ACCOMPLISHING THEIR MISSIONS, COMPLEMENTING SOLDIERS WITH SOFTWARE. HOW THE UNITED STATES ARMY IS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE TRAINING HAPPENING IN OUR AREA GROUND BREAKING AI RESEARCH IS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN PITTSBURGH. WE SAT DOWN WITH DR. AARTI SINGH OF CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, AND AUDREY RUSSO, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE PITTSBURGH TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL, TO DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENTS RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT AI. SO TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT AI IS. IF SOMEONE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT. SO ARTIFICIAL E STANDS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. AND WHAT THAT REFERS TO IS THE ABILITY OF MACHINE PENS. SO ESSENTIALLY COMPUTERS TO DO THINGS OR THINK THE WAY HUMANS CAN. THAT’S THE VERY LAYMAN LANGUAGE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY ATTEMPTS AT IT. I THINK MORE RECENTLY WHAT IT MEANS IS ESSENTIALLY USING TECHNIQUES LIKE MACHINE LEARNING, WHICH LEARN FROM DATA. SO YOU’RE COMBINING THE POWER OF DATA THAT’S AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE WITH THE COMPUTING THAT COMES FROM COMPUTERS AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, MAKING DECISIONS, MAKING PREDICTIONS BASED OFF OF DATA. SO YOU’RE TRANSLATING HUMAN LANGUAGE INTO COMPUTER LANGUAGE, AND THEN BACK TO THE HUMANS, RIGHT? YES. AND MORE THAN THAT, ACTUALLY. SO IT IS ABOUT LEARNING FROM THE PAST EXPERIENCE JUST LIKE HUMANS LEARN FROM PAST EXPERIENCE, NOW LEARNING FROM PAST DATA AND PREDICTING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU TAKE A DATA, A SCENARIO THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE ENCOUNTERED BEFORE, WHAT MIGHT THE PREDICTION LOOK LIKE FOR THAT? THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. PEOPLE THESE LAST SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, JUST AS CREATED SORT OF LIKE THIS EXPLOSIVENESS. BUT IF YOU GO BACK IN HISTORY, WE’VE BEEN WORKING IN AI IN ONE SHAPE OR ANOTHER FOR AT LEAST 40 TO 50 YEARS. WE CAN YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE SHOW WE WERE EVEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TELEPHONE OPERATORS AND THE CHANGE THAT HAPPENED WHEN PEOPLE WERE, YOU KNOW, CLICKING AND ANSWERING THE PHONES AND DIALING UP AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WORLD HAS CHANGED. AND IT’S BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT. AND THEN PREDICT THAT. SO IT’S CHANGED THE WAY WE WORK. IT’S CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE’VE INTERACTED. AND BECAUSE OF THAT POPULARITY, YOU’RE GETTING $20 MILLION IN A GRANT THAT NSF HAS BEEN ESTABLISHING THESE AI INSTITUTES. THAT’S ESSENTIALLY A $20 MILLION INVESTMENT OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. AND CMU JUST GOT ONE OF THESE IS FOCUSED ON AI FOR SOCIETAL DECISION MAKING. SO IT’S REALLY THINKING ABOUT USING AI, BUT FOR THE SOCIAL GOOD IN PARTICULAR, WE’LL BE FOCUSING ON APPLICATIONS LIKE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH, AND WE’LL BE WORKING WITH POLICYMAKERS IN THIS SPACE, SUCH AS EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS WHO MAKE REGULAR DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES, HOW TO DO INTERVENTIONS, AND ALSO THE PUBLIC MAKING THEM HELPING THEM TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE TIMELY AND QUICK AND UNCERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT AI RIGHT NOW, BUT PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE PITTSBURGH IS CRITICAL AND AI SPECIFICALLY CMU. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY AND WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT. SO YEAH, CMU WAS THE BIRTHPLACE, YOU CAN SAY, OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE STARTING FROM THE WORK OF ALLEN NEWELL AND HERB SIMON BACK IN THE 50S, OR MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BEFORE THEN WHEN THEY INVENTED THIS IDEA OF THINKING MACHINES AND ALL THE WAY TO TODAY, WHEN CMU RESEARCHERS ARE REALLY WORKING ON AI APPLICATION THIMONS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE REAL WORLD. THE EXAMPLES I GAVE THAT THE INSTITUTE WILL FOCUS ON ARE IN HEALTH, MATERNAL HEALTH, ALSO SOME HEALTH RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS AS WELL AS DISASTER MANAGEMENT. BUT REALLY THERE’S A WHOLE SLEW RANGING FROM SELF-DRIVING CARS THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, STARTED HEARING ABOUT AI FROM ALL THE WAY TO MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONS AND EVEN TO SCIENTIFIC ACCELERATING SCIENCE, SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES. AND THAT BRINGS ME TO YOU. WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS AND ECONOMY. THE T IN PITTSBURGH IN AI. LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT CUTS ACROSS ALMOST EVERY MARKET SECTOR TODAY. SO THERE ISN’T A MARKET SECTOR THAT YOU SHOULD NOT THINK ABOUT. SO THINK OF BANKS, THINK OF FRAUD DETECTION, THINK OF, YOU KNOW, DUAL AUTHENTICATION IN WHEN YOU GET PROMPTED FOR THAT, THERE’S ALL THESE DIFFERENT PIECES OF FUNCTIONALITY THAT ARE EMBEDDED INTO COMMERCE. THINK ABOUT AGRICULTURE AND ROBOTS. ALL OF THAT LIVES IN OUR ECONOMY LOCALLY. EVEN A COMPANY LIKE LEGAL SIFTER THAT DOES CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND IS USING THE PAIRING OF HUMAN CAPABILITY WITH THE PREDICTIVE INFORMATION THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO DO FOR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT. SIMPLE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN VERY LABORIOUS TASKS ARE BEING AUTOMATED AND LEVERAGED THROUGH THE USE OF AI RIGHT IN OUR REGION. SO THOSE COMPANIES REALLY ARE PROLIFERATING. AND IF EVERYONE’S NOT ONLY JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, EVERYONE’S THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO EMBED THAT INTO THEIR NEW IDEAS, INTO THEIR PRACTICES, INTO THEIR APPLICATIONS AND INTO THEIR COMPANIES. AND THEY’RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT JOBS AND JOB LOSS. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT AI COULD MAKE PEOPLE LOSE JOBS OR PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT THAT? WELL, THE EXAMPLE THAT I GAVE YOU EARLIER ABOUT THE PHONES RIGHT, THE TELEPHONES. RIGHT. THE JOBS CHANGE. I THINK THAT’S THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT, IS THAT THE JOBS CHANGE AND THE SKILLS THAT ARE NEEDED ARE DIFFERENT. SO WE’RE MOVING RAPIDLY. IT IS NOT IT IS NO LONGER 30 YEARS. YOU’RE IN THE SAME JOB DOING THE SAME THING. THAT’S THE EXCITING PART. THE EXCITING PART IS THAT RAPID EVOLUTION AND THAT IS WHAT’S CHANGED. SO THE EXCITING PIECE, AND PARTICULARLY IF YOU THINK OF WHAT CARNEGIE MELLON IS GOING TO BE DOING IN THE WORK THAT THEY’VE JUST BEEN ALLOCATED FOR, NSF IS GETTING INSIDE OF HIGH SCHOOLS, GETTINGIN PLACES WHERE THAT KIND OF LEARNING ACTUALLY OCCURS AND IS EMBEDDED IN WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY LEARN SO THAT THOSE SKILLS ARE REALLY SKILLS THAT ARE PREPARING THEM FOR THESE NEW WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES. SO WHEN WE COME TO TALK ABOUT BIAS AND AI, IT CAN BE TWOFOLD. EXPLAIN THAT, HOW IT CAN HELP PEOPLE. BUT IF THEY DON’T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, IT CAN HURT PEOPLE. SO JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TECHNOLOGY, AI ALSO HAS, YOU KNOW, BOTH ITS PROS AND ITS CONS. AND BUT I THINK THE WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS WE CAN BY APPROPRIATE EARLY VETTING AND REGULATING AI, WE CAN MAKE IT TRUSTWORTHY. SO PART OF IT COMES FROM EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND INTEGRATING IT THROUGHOUT THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. BUT ANOTHER PART JUST COMES FROM MAKING SURE THE TECHNOLOGY WE DEVELOP. IT HAS IS DEVELOPED USING PARTICIPATORY DESIGN. WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU TALK TO THE STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS, STARTING FROM WHAT IS THE QUESTION I WILL BE ASKING, SHOULD I EVEN BE USED FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROBLEM? ONE THING THAT OUR INSTITUTE WILL DO IS ACTUALLY STUDY HUMAN AI, COMPLEMENTARY THE T WHEN SHOULD HUMANS BE ACTUALLY MAKING THE DECISIONS VERSUS WHEN SHOULD IT BE DELEGATED TO AN AI SYSTEM MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW HUMANS THINK AND HOW AI CAN COMPLEMENT THEIR THINKING. FOR EXAMPLE, HUMANS HAVE CHALLENGES WHEN WORKING WITH HIGH COMPLEX SCENARIOS. SO IMAGINE A DISASTER SCENARIO WHERE THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE TRYING TO MAKE DECISIONS IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THEY MAY BE STRESSED. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BIASES COMING IN BECAUSE MAYBE THEY ARE TRYING TO RESCUE A PERSON, BUT THEIR OWN FAMILY IS, YOU KNOW, STUCK SOMEWHERE. SO THERE ARE THESE NATURAL BIASES THAT CREEP IN. AND I CAN HELP COMPLEMENT THAT. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT USING THIS PARTICIPATORY DESIGN WILL FOCUS ON, VETTING THE ALGORITHMS, NOT JUST RELEASING THEM IN THE WILD, VETTING THE DATA THAT THE ALGORITHMS ARE TRAINED ON, AND ALL OF THAT REQUIRES CONTINUOUS INTERACTION WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS. DO YOU THINK IT WILL HELP ELIMINATE ANY TYPE OF BIAS IN JOB RECRUITING? I BELIEVE IT WILL HELP REPLACE, YES, SOME OF THE BIASES THAT HUMANS BRING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT MIGHT BRING ITS OWN BIASES AND THAT’S WHAT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT. AND THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE STUDYING, INCLUDING IN OUR INSTITUTE, ABOUT WHAT ARE THE ALGORITHMIC BIASES, WHAT ARE THE DATA BIASES THAT COME IN AND HOW TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST THAT. STILL AHEAD, IF WE WAIT TOO LONG TO GET ON THE TECHNOLOGY AS IT ADVANCES, WE’RE GOING TO FALL BEHIND. AND I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE AT A DISADVANTAGE STAYING ONE STEP AHEAD. HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS MAKING LIFE A LOT EASIER AT ONE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. WELCOME BACK TO WTAE LISTENS FOR THE LAST YEAR, THE CASTLE SHANNON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS USED AI TO FILTER THROUGH THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF BODY CAMERA VIDEO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR ANCHOR MICHELLE WRIGHT SAT DOWN WITH THE CHIEF TO SEE HOW IT’S GOING SO FAR TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS, WE ARE HERE WITH CHIEF KEN TROUVER WITH THE CASTLE SHANNON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANKS FOR HAVING US. YOU USE A SYSTEM CALLED TRULIO THAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU USE THAT AND HOW IT WORKS. TRULIO IS A SOFTWARE INTERFACE, AN HOW IT WORKS IS WE CAPTURE A LOT OF VIDEO THROUGH EITHER BODY WORN CAMERAS OR FLEET CAMERAS IN OUR CARS. AND EVERY CALL FOR SERVICE. SO THERE’S A LOT OF VIDEO WE CAN’T POSSIBLY LOOK AT ALL OF IT. THIS COMPANY TRULIO, BUILT A SOFTWARE INTERFACE THAT WE ALLOW ACCESS TO OUR VIDEO STORAGE AND THE INTERFACE TRANSCRIBES THE AUDIO PORTION OF A VIDEO RECORDING INTO WORDS. AND THEN WE COMPARE THOSE WORDS TO A DASHBOARD THAT WE BUILD. WE TAILOR, TAILOR MADE TO OUR AGENCY. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY HAVE. WE WORDS THAT DENOTE PROFESSIONALISM. THANK YOU. PLEASE EXPLANATION ET CETERA. ALSO, THEY LOOK FOR BAD THINGS IN SALTS. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT WAS NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SYSTEM TRANSCRIBE WHAT WAS GOING ON ON THESE CALLS? SO WE CAPTURE A LOT OF VIDEO AND WE’RE A SMALL AGENCY, I IMAGINE. CITY OF PITTSBURGH, OVER 850 OFFICERS OR NEW YORK CITY, 40,000 OFFICERS. THAT’S A LOT OF VIDEO. YOU CAN’T POSSIBLY LOOK AT ALL OF IT. THIS JUST LET CALLS THE CERTAIN NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT ARE IMPORTANT, SAY, HIGH RISK, LOW FREQUENCY CALLS FOR SERVICE ARRESTS, PURSUITS, THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT. BUT WE DON’T HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT. MY OFFICERS WILL FLAG VIDEOS WHEN THEY MAKE AN ARREST. THE SUPERVISORS ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW VIDEO AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH FOR THEIR OFFICERS FOR PURPOSES OF ACCREDITATION AND BEST PRACTICES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT EVEN WITH THOSE ONES THAT WE ALREADY FLAG, WE’RE STILL MISSING A LOT OF VIDEO. AND SO THIS ALLOWS US TO CAPTURE AND LOOK AT AND REVIEW 100% OF THE VIDEO. SO HOW IS THIS IMPACTED YOUR DEPARTMENT SO FAR? THE OFFICERS ARE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT NOW WE’RE REVIEWING MORE VIDEO, BUT I DON’T THINK THAT REALLY WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE WHEN WHEN BODY WORN CAMERAS FIRST CAME OUT, ACTUALLY, WHEN FLEET CAMERAS CAME BACK, CAME OUT DECADES AGO. SO POLICE OFFICERS ARE CYNICAL. THEY’RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE A CONCERN THAT THEY’RE BEING WATCHED. BUT IF YOU’RE ALWAYS DOING THE RIGHT THING, THEN THERE REALLY SHOULDN’T BE THAT CONCERN. AND ACTUALLY, WHEN THE CEO OF TRULIA, WE MET AT A AT A CONFERENCE IN GEORGIA IN MARCH OF 2022, AND WHEN HE WAS EXPLAINING TO ME IT WAS THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF IS WHAT KIND OF PUSHBACK AM I GOING TO GET FROM MY STAFF? BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT WE ARE HEAVY IN TECHNOLOGY HERE. WE’RE FORTUNATE THAT THE THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODY SUPPORTS THE THE OUR INNOVATION AND OUR OFFICERS ARE REALLY EMBRACED NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW PROGRAMING. AND SO THERE’S BEEN NOTHING BAD THAT’S COME OUT OF THIS PROGRAM THUS FAR. SO IF I’M UNDERSTANDING THIS RIGHT, THE TECHNOLOGY CAPTURES THE CONVERSATIONS. ARE YOU WORRIED AT ALL, THOUGH, THAT A COMPUTER IS LEFT TO TRANSCRIBE IT AND KIND OF INTERPRET WHAT’S GOING ON? SO IT’S A THAT’S A TERRIFIC QUESTION. BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL THE AI PORTION, ALL THE INTERFACES DOING IS TRANSCRIBING WORDS. IT TAKES OUT ALL THE EMOTION PIECE. IT TAKES OUT ANY OF THE CONTEXT AND JUST HIGHLIGHTS WORDS. AND THEN I HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO IN AND REVIEW THE VIDEO. SO I’M REVIEWING THE VIDEO. THE AI IS NOT REVIEWING THE VIDEO. IT’S CAPTURING WORDS, FLAGGING THINGS THAT I MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN AND CALLING MY ATTENTION, HEY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THIS FINALLY, WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT AI MEANS TO THE FUTURE OF POLICING? SO AGAIN, I THINK SOMETIMES GETS A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION. IT’S SOFTWARE INTERFACE, IT’S TECHNOLOGY. BACK IN THE MID 90S WHEN THE INTERNET CAME OUT, A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITED BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID OF WHAT WHAT IT COULD POSSIBLY DO. I THINK IF WE WAIT TOO LONG TO GET ON THE TECHNOLOGY AS IT ADVANCES, WE’RE GOING TO FALL BEHIND. AND I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE AT A DISADVANTAGE. WE HAVE A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY HERE. WE USE THAT AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER. IT MAKES US MORE PRODUCTIVE AND EFFICIENT. WE CAN DO A LOT MORE. SO I JUST I WATCH IT. I LOOK FOR THINGS THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO HELP THE AGENCY, HELP THE MISSION, KEEP MY RESIDENTS SAFE. AND HERE IN CASTLE SHANNON. AND SO I THINK THAT ANY TECHNOLOGY, ANY PROGRAM CAN HAVE NEFARIOUS USES, I SUPPOSE. BUT AS LONG AS SOMEBODY IS WATCHING IT AND SUPERVISING THE PROGRAM AND ACTUALLY INTERFACING WITH IT AND AND WORKING WITH THE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMERS AND WHATNOT, I THINK NOTHING BUT GOOD CAN COME OUT OF IT STILL AHEAD, WE’RE NOT LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGY TO REPLACE SOLDIERS. WE’RE LOOKING AT IT TO MAKE THEM, YOU KNOW, TO TO HELP THEM BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND TO REDUCE RISK. TAKING STEEL CITY LESSONS OVERSEAS, THE AI RESEARCH, THE UNITED STATES ARMY IS CONDUCTING HERE IN PITTSBURGH. WELCOME BACK TO WTAE LESSONS. THE UNITED STATES ARMY IS GETTING IN ON THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BOOM AND A LOT OF THEIR TRAINING IS HAPPENING IN PITTSBURGH. THE ARMY’S CHIEF OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS SAYS THE GOAL IS TO MAXIMIZE EFFICIENT AC WHILE REDUCING RISK. I’M JOINED HERE WITH MAJOR GENERAL JOHN RAFFERTY. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. AI HAS GAINED SO MUCH POPULARITY. TELL US HOW THE ARMY IS USING AI AND WHY THIS TECHNOLOGY IS SO IMPORTANT. WELL, THE THE ARMY IS A HIGH TECH ORGANIZATION. THAT’S ONE OF THE KIND OF POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS, I THINK, IS THAT THE ARMY IS LOW TECH. IT’S NOT. AND I THINK WE’RE LOOKING AT THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LIKE LIKE SO MANY OTHERS ARE, AND THAT’S TO MAKE SENSE OF TONS OF DATA TO GO THROUGH A SEA OF DATA TO HELP US ANSWER QUESTIONS AND TO HELP US BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND WE’RE USING THAT ALONG ALL SORTS OF LINES OF EFFORT, WHETHER IT’S, YOU KNOW, INVENTORYING ARTILLERY ROUNDS AND OTHER AMMUNITION IN USE, SOME OF THE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO HELP US IDENTIFY IT MORE QUICKLY AND KEEP TRACK OF IT ALL THE WAY TO TO RECRUITING AND TAKING CARE OF OUR PEOPLE. IT’S ALL ABOUT BIG DATA AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS. THAT’S EXACTLY MY NEXT QUESTION. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RECRUITING AND KIND OF APPEALING TO GENERATION Z, YEAH. SO, SO, SO THANKS. THERE’S A BIG KNOWLEDGE GAP AND RELATABILITY GAP IN OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR TARGET AUDIENCE, AS WE CALL THEM. RIGHT. THAT THAT 18 TO 35 YEAR OLD, THEY DON’T KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT THE ARMY AS MAYBE GENERATIONS PREVIOUSLY DID. AND AND SO WE’RE WORKING HARD TO REINFORCE, USE THE ARMY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, LET THEM KNOW THAT THE ARMY IS STILL A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN BE ALL YOU CAN BE. AND IT’S A PLACE OF LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES, ALL SORTS OF HIGH TECH SPECIALTIES ARE AVAILABLE, WHETHER YOU’RE PURSUING SOMETHING IN CYBERSPACE, HAYS OR OR YOU WANT TO BE A RIFLEMAN. THERE’S A PLACE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE ARMY. WHAT KIND OF AI RESEARCH IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE ARMY? WELL, THE PITTSBURGH IS HOME OF THE ARMY’S ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTEGRATION CENTER OVER AT CARNEGIE MELLON. AND I SPENT BEFORE THIS ASSIGNMENT I SPENT FOUR YEARS IN ARMY FUTURES COMMAND, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM TO HELP US FIGURE OUT NOT JUST HOW TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGAINST MILITARY PROBLEMS, BUT HOW TO USE IT RESPONSIBLY, HOW TO HOW TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO MAKE SOLDIERS MORE EFFECTIVE, NOT TO REPLACE THEM. AND TO HELP COMMANDERS MAKE DECISIONS SO THAT YOU KNOW, OUR UNITS CAN ACCOMPLISH THEIR MISSIONS BETTER. I KNOW YOU CAN’T GET INTO SPECIFICS, BUT EVERYONE’S WONDERING WHEN IT COMES TO SECURITY AND AI, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE MILITARY. CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I THINK YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SHOULD BE REASSURED THAT THE THAT THE ARMY AND THE MILITARY APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE IS VERY WELL CONTROLLED AND VERY WELL SECURED. TO YOUR TO YOUR QUESTION. AND AND THE REASON WHY IS THERE REALLY ISN’T THERE ARE VERY FEW PROFESSIONS LIKE THE ARMY THAT THAT HAVE SO MANY SO MANY, SO MANY RULES AND REGULATIONS TO TO ENSURE THAT WE THAT WE OPERATE ETHICALLY AT ALL TIMES, THAT THAT WE FOLLOW THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT, THAT THAT DESCRIBES HOW WE FIGHT, HOW WE TRAIN, HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVES AS AS SOLDIERS AND AND SO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FALLS INTO THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS. IT DOESN’T SUPERSEDE THEM AND IT SUPPORTS COMMANDERS AND AND LEADERS IN THE FIELD TAKING CARE OF THEIR SOLDIERS AND ACCOMPLISHING THEIR MISSIONS OUT OF ALL OF THE PLACES IN THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU COULD DO THIS. AI RESEARCH, WHY PITTSBURGH? IS IT CMU? IS IT CARNEGIE MELLON WAS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE THE MOST APPEALING PARTNER FOR FOR THE ARMY IN THAT IN THAT EFFORT. AND WE STARTED THAT WITH THE STAND UP OF ARMY FUTURES COMMAND ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. AND AND WHERE THEY’VE GONE FROM YOU KNOW KIND OF AN IDEA TO NOW WE’RE PRODUCING WHAT WE CALL AI TECHNICIAN AI TECHNICIANS AND AI SCHOLARS, SOLDIER OTHERS THAT ARE COMING HERE AND GETTING TRAINED AT AND EDUCATED AT CARNEGIE MELLON, AND THEN GOING RIGHT BACK OUT INTO THE ARMY TO APPLY THE SKILLS THAT THEY LEARNED HERE TO TO TACTICAL PROBLEMS TO HELP MAKE OUR ARMY BETTER. WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT THEY LEARN? WELL, THEY I MEAN, IF YOU THINK THAT THAT IF TO SIMPLIFY BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LOTS OF DATA, WE WANT TO USE ALGORITHMS OR THESE EQUATIONS TO HELP US SORT THROUGH THE DATA, TO ANSWER ANSWER QUESTIONS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE’RE THAT WE’RE WORKING ON TO TO HELP WITH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES OR SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES, VEHICLES, WE HAVE THESE THINGS CALLED LEADER FOLLOWER. SO A VEHICLE THAT’S MANNED FOLLOWED BY AN UNMANNED VEHICLE. AND AND THOSE VEHICLES CAN BE INTRODUCED TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE ARMY FIGHTS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND OPERATES ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND SO YOU MIGHT TRAIN AN ALGORITHM ON A VEHICLE TO OPERATE IN A DESERT, AND THEN YOU GOT TO GO TO THE JUNGLE. SO THOSE ALGORITHMS NEED TO BE UPDATED. AND THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE’RE THAT WE’RE THOSE KIND OF SKILLS THAT WE’RE TRAINING SOLDIERS TO UPDATE. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GET TO THE THE NEW PLACE WHERE YOU GOT TO DO YOUR MISSION, YOU CAN’T CALL A TIME OUT WHILE YOU DO IT. YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO IN STRIDE. AND THAT’S WHY WE NEED SOLDIERS WHO’VE WHO HAVE THAT THAT KIND OF SKILL AND EDUCATION. THEY’RE GETTING IT RIGHT HERE IN PITTSBURGH, AI IS GROWING RAPIDLY. WHERE DO YOU SEE IT? 20 YEARS FROM NOW? WOW, THAT’S HARD TO THAT’S HARD TO ENVISION. YEAH. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO ASK A 50 SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE WE’D ASK SOME OF OUR 30 YEAR OLD SOLDIERS INSTEAD. BUT BUT BUT WE KNOW IT’S GOING TO CHANGE THE THE WHAT WE CALL THE KIND OF THE THE CHARACTER OF OF WAR. AND AND WE KNOW THAT IT’S IT’S GOING TO HELP US BE MORE DECISIVE. RIGHT. AND AND TO AND TO FIGHT SHORTER WHEN WE DO HAVE TO FIGHT WARS WE’LL HAVE TO WE’LL FIGHT SHORTER WARS AT LESS COST. AND AND AND IT’S BECAUSE WE’LL BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS BETTER. AND THAT’S REALLY WHAT WHAT WE WHERE WE VALUE THE USE OF AI MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS TO HELP US MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AT THE RIGHT TIME WHEN WE HAVE TO FIGHT SO THAT WE CAN WIN FASTER. YOU’RE WATCHING WTAE. LISTEN, WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. WELCOME BACK TO WTAE LISTENS WHETHER YOU LIVE IN ONE OF PITTSBURGH’S NEIGHBORHOODS OR ANY OF OUR OTHER SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, TELL US WHAT’S WRONG AND WHAT’S RIGHT IN OUR AREA SO WE CAN LISTEN. YOU CAN SEND US AN EMAIL, WTAE. LISTENS@HEARST.COM. THANKS FOR JOINING US. HAVE A GREAT WEEK.