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The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Great Britain, General Rollo Walker, admitted that he made a mistake by underestimating the effectiveness of artificial intelligence in the military.
Key takeaways:
- This concerns ASGARD: it is a digital system for managing combat operations.
- It accelerates operational planning by over 70 times.
AI can do more than it seemed
A new AI-based system called ASGARD has come under scrutiny.
Crucially, it has reduced the corps-level military planning cycle from 72 hours to just one hour.
General Rollo Walker frankly confessed that he did not expect such an impressive level of efficiency from AI at all.
Until now, the head of the British General Staff believed that the system would allow the army to make decisions twice as fast, but the actual result exceeded expectations.
I was wrong… The corps-level planning cycle, which previously took 72 hours, can now take just one. What they will do with the other 71 hours, I don’t know,” Rollo Walker quipped.
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It is also worth noting that ASGARD is a digital system for managing combat operations that collects and processes battlefield information, helping commanders identify targets, make decisions, and coordinate strikes.
Recently, official London announced its intention to invest approximately £1 billion in the development of such systems.