New DND strategy warns Canadian military's approach to artificial intelligence 'fragmented'

Strategy, which recommends internal AI department centre, gets mixed reviews

July 29, 2024

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In this CBC News report on Canada's Department of National Defence (DND) strategy on AI, Daniel Araya remarked that the success of the military shifting towards automation/AI will require the force to rethink the kind of people it recruits.

"It's not that we don't need infantry, or we don't need people that can fight with weapons," Araya said, "but the fact is, we're shifting toward automation, augmentation. We need a different calibre of soldiers. And I think there's probably room for a complementary system between the fighter on the ground and the augmented software developer that provides a platform that …

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