EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND MODERNIZING THE ARMY
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CONSIDER THE RISK
There are three layers of risk in which AI capabilities fall and data needs to be secured and safeguarded depending on system need and risk strategies. (Graphic by DASA(DES) and USAASC)
someone to pollute your data. Consider requesting of your GPS to find the closest coffee along your route. It’s entirely possi- ble that company A might be closest, but a competitor could poison the data to make it look like company B is closer. Of course, data poisoning by a peer adversary in a military context is even more troublesome.
Another AI-unique risk is related to the black box nature of modern AI systems. Complexity has increased so much that we can’t discern the way the AI system is generating its output. Te navigation system is relatively easy, as there are a finite number of routes that get chosen from. But the way large language models are operat- ing today obscures much of the operation
under the hood, increasing the challenge of addressing risks. Checking enormous, crowd sourced data sets or trying to peel back the layers on highly complex neural network algorithms is extremely difficult and requires a high level of expertise and maybe even new technologies.
MAXIMIZING BENEFIT Challenges aside, the Army must estab- lish a framework for mitigating AI-related risks. Te pace of advance on the battle- field doesn’t afford the U.S. to abstain from developing AI enabled overmatch capabilities. Going forward means under- standing the risks and employing the appropriate measure of mitigations. Each mitigation adds expense and time so it’s
about balancing the need to develop with the need to secure.
For instance, a bank has a more secure lock on its vault than a child has on her piggy bank. Te bank’s vault is vastly more expensive to build, and more time consuming to install and operate, but its protection is appropriate for the value of the contents. If we put the bank’s vault lock on the piggy bank, that would be a misuse of resources. Valuable or critical systems require more mitigations.
Every mitigation makes development and deployment more complex. Accessing the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network, or SIPRNet, requires a physical token.
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