Susan Davenport, the department’s chief data and artificial intelligence officer, outlined the plan on Oct. 27 at the Military Flight Training USA Summit. A general officer or a civilian in the Senior Executive Service will lead each area, with responsibility for making authoritative data available across the department and getting tools into the field faster.
Davenport said the department should judge the technology by whether it helps commanders make better decisions, gives them time back or shortens the time it takes to act on a target. “In order to get the best outcome, we must redesign the process before we digitize it,” she said.
Wendy Walsh, chief learning officer at Air Education and Training Command, said preparing people to work with the technology was part of putting it into use. “How are we going to build the trust and work together?” she asked.
Department leaders said human oversight would remain central as the tools are introduced one mission area at a time. The department expects to provide Airmen and Guardians with more information on super intelligence literacy later this year.
