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Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by Syt - Today at 03:57:05 AM

What could possibly go wrong?

https://www.businessinsider.com/even-top-generals-are-looking-to-ai-chatbots-for-answers-2025-10

Even top generals are looking to AI chatbots for answers

It's not just the civilian corporate executives and white-collar workers who are leaning into the generative AI boom at work. Military leaders are diving in too.

The top US Army commander in South Korea shared that he is experimenting with generative AI chatbots to sharpen his decision-making, not in the field, but in command and daily work.

He said "Chat and I" have become "really close lately."

"I'm asking to build, trying to build models to help all of us," said Maj. Gen. William 'Hank' Taylor, commanding general of the 8th Army, told reporters during a media roundtable at the annual Association of the United States Army conference in Washington, DC, on Monday.

Taylor said he's using the tech to explore how he makes military and personal decisions that affect not just him but the thousands of soldiers he oversees. While the tech is useful, though he acknowledged that keeping up with the pace of such rapidly developing technology is an enduring challenge.

"As a commander, I want to make better decisions," the general shared. "I want to make sure that I make decisions at the right time to give me the advantage."

AI in the military

Commanders like Taylor are focused on fast decision-making and how AI could provide an advantage because of a thought process popular with military leaders known as the "OODA Loop." The theory, developed by US fighter pilots during the Korean War, posits that troops who can move decisively before the enemy does — and observe, orient, decide, and act— often have the advantage on the battlefield.

The US military is embracing artificial intelligence with a recognition that decisions in future combat may need to be made faster than humans can make them.

The former Secretary of the Air Force said last year that he doesn't think the people saying that AI technology is "going to determine who's the winner in the next battlefield" are "all that far off." He also wrote that with the advancement of highly automated, highly autonomous kill chains, "response times to bring effects to bear are very short."

Predicting what future war will look like, he said that "we're going to be in a world where decisions will not be made at human speed. They're going to be made at machine speed."

AI is being integrated into drone tech, targeting, and data processing, among other capabilities — an AI algorithm has even piloted a modified F-16 through a simulated dogfight — but the military use of AI is not restricted to combat platforms.

Special Operations Forces, for instance, have sought to "reduce the cognitive burden of our operators" through the use of AI tools for paperwork, situation reports, concepts of operation, managing key supply and logistics demands, and other back-end work.

Operators have employed AI to analyze Pentagon doctrine, improve search functions, and make it easier for personnel who are transferring to a new location or position to catch up on the job and requirements quickly.

There are clear applications at the leadership level as well. Bianca Herlory, the Joint Staff AI lead, said at a panel event in April that "AI can significantly enhance the Joint Staff's ability to integrate and analyze global military operations, ultimately enabling better, faster decisions."

Using generative AI also comes with questions, especially in decisions at the command level. The Pentagon has urged caution as troops and leaders explore these tools, warning that generative AI can leak sensitive data. It can also produce deeply flawed answers if not adequately trained, and that could prove risky and even problematic if commanders use it to inform certain high-stakes decisions.

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Off the Record / Re: Baseball

Last post by Valmy - Today at 03:51:11 AM

And it's all tied up!

Yep. Whole new series.

Best two out of three. Though that requires Toronto to win a game in Toronto.

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Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 02:19:15 AM

A point to bear in mind during these endless discussions is that we are possibly paying to much attention to protestors and shit posters on X or whatever, this is a subset of the total population, perhaps 2% maybe 5%? They may not be representative of the general population and, also, there is a large helping of making a war or tragedy about themselves rather than the people suffering from it.

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Josquius - Today at 02:08:49 AM

Yes. The Sumo wrestlers crossed Abbey Road Beatles style.



Next they are going to show many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall

This picture of road vehicle bloat is what informed me.
https://bsky.app/profile/willnorman.co.uk/post/3m3a4agsco22x

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Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 02:07:59 AM

If I claimed to love all animals but secretly worked to hurt some that would be hypocritical.  If I claimed to be helping all animals but secretly only helped some I wouldn't even call that hypocritical, just deceptive and deceitful.  You aren't going against the stated principle of loving all animals, rather you are lying to people about what you are achieving.

I don't see the difference between deceitful and hypocritical.  You're representing yourself in a way that you're not.  I have said nothing about achievements, only stated values.

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Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by Norgy - Today at 01:52:02 AM

That LSD-like game was something else. 

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Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Norgy - Today at 01:50:41 AM

That Kosova beat Sweden away (!) was probably the greatest upset, in my opinion.

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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Zoupa - Today at 01:34:02 AM

We really dodged a bullet there.

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Off the Record / Re: Baseball

Last post by crazy canuck - October 16, 2025, 10:35:52 PM

And it's all tied up!

#10

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - October 16, 2025, 10:33:39 PM

I am wondering why PP isn't even trying to hide his Trumpism anymore.  The need to appeal to the 30% or so of the Conservative Party members who are pro Trump ahead of the Leadership review?