As published (National Defense - December 8, 2020) - “Artificial intelligence will be the future, and the department ... must readily and effectively adopt its best practices if the [U.S.] wants to maintain its superpower status,” says Brian Schimpf, CEO and cofounder of Anduril Industries — a defense technology company.

But how the Defense Department merges ethics and artificial intelligence with American values will have a profound impact on future military operations, industry and the acquisitions process.



In response to the Defense Innovation Board’s October 2019 report “AI Principles: Recommendations on the Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence by the Department of Defense” former Defense Secretary Mark Esper formally adopted five AI principles — responsibility, equitability, traceability, reliability and governability — “to develop, acquire, or deploy technology with AI capabilities.”