Government Must Embrace AI Today

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Beyond the hype of generative AI

In January, Faisal Hoque, a renowned management thinker, technologist and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author, shared his thoughts with the chapter on building artificial intelligence (AI)-empowered government agencies. AI profoundly changes how things are done. There is a long history with AI, such as mechanical decision tools designed by Leonardo da Vinci and others. Hoque commented we need to look beyond the hype of generative AI to see what is actually happening.

Hoque touched on some of the military and intelligence success stories. For example, the Pentagon’s joint all-domain command and control (JADC2) program that integrates multiservice data to reduce battlefield decision cycles from hours to minutes. Hoque said the current AI landscape today consists of three main categories: analytical AI, workflow automation and generative AI. He pointed out that because the technology is much more accessible, there are ramifications. Hoque mentioned a new AI of tomorrow called Agentic AI, which will feature AI systems that make autonomous decisions within defined parameters. The concern is that the AI might think your human input is incorrect and decide to do what it thinks is right. Hoque also discussed three implementation challenges: organizational, technical and regulatory. He talked about needing to develop ethical and legal guard rails to help guide implementation.

In addition, Hoque talked about reimaging the work. A different way of thinking will be needed; instead of taking weeks to develop an answer, it might be generated by tomorrow. In this sort of information-rich, quick turnaround of key data, how do you prepare your organization? Hoque spoke of open and care frameworks, where each framework provides a practical launchpad for planning that can be applied immediately.

Hoque concluded by stating the future belongs to government agencies that embrace AI today, not just with technology, but with vision, culture and purpose.

Original article @ AFCEA.

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