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'Sentient Data' May One Day Augment Soldier Capabilities
"Sentient data," information that can feel and perceive things, might one day protect soldiers and their networks, according to one speacker at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command's Mad Scientist Conference at Georgetown University.
Credit: U.S. Army
During a recent media roundtable, Thomas F. Greco, director of intelligence for the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), discussed the findings of the TRADOC-sponsored 2015 Mad Scientist Conference at Georgetown University. The theme of the conference was how existing and future technologies will be used by the U.S. Army between 2025 and 2040.
Greco says one of the major topics of discussion was the use of so-called "sentient data" on the battlefield. According to Greco, such data would have its own operating systems, making it much more reliable than modern systems, and be sentient in the sense it would be able to communicate with other people and systems, have awareness of its surroundings and circumstances, and know, for example, to avoid malicious intruders into its systems. This data would work in conjunction with sensors to help give soldiers greater battlefield awareness.
TRADOC senior intelligence officer Gary E. Phillips notes sentient data packets would blur the distinction between operating systems and data and would know just the right amount of information a solider needs to make a decision.
Greco says coupling sentient data with human sensors could result in "precision in knowing the Internet of Things," which he notes could impact social interactions.
From U.S. Army
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