If Robert Cardillo has his way, robots will perform 75 percent of the tasks currently done by American intelligence analysts who collect, analyze, and interpret images beamed from drones, satellites, and other feeds around the globe.
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Cardillo, the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, known by the acronym NGA, announced his push toward “automation” and at a conference this week in San Antonio. The annual conference, hosted by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, brings together technologists, soldiers, and intelligence professionals to discuss national security threats, changes in technology, and data collection and processing.
Artificial Intelligence is everywhere
Artificial intelligence is on the rise; former President Barack Obama’s White House released a white paper on its potential future impacts in the final months of the administration. Police officers are using preliminary programs to predict the likelihood someone will commit a crime in a specific neighborhood based on crime statistics data. And companies like Amazon and Netflix use to calculate what movie you will want to watch or which book you may buy.Yet this sort of automation is also seen as a threat to workers, who fear being put out of jobs, particularly in the private sector.The fear that
Transforming Opportunity
Cardillo, who called it a “transforming opportunity for the profession,” said he’s working on showing the workforce that
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