As it charts its course for using transformational technology to empower warfighters, the Pentagon, the US Department of Defense, is concentrating on how to draw AI experts. On Wednesday, August 23, Deputy Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Margaret Palmieri stated that her office is taking specific steps to draw in people who have a love for data analytics and artificial intelligence. She also underlined how useful these talents would be for their military duty.
During the Emerging Technologies for Defence conference hosted by the National Defense Industrial Association in Washington, Palmieri gave an overview of the precise measures the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer is taking to draw in the best talent.
DOD focuses on developing talent to draw AI experts
The DOD’s cyber workforce framework has recently added about 10 new work categories, which will help the department better match vital skill sets with data and AI responsibilities. Palmeri added that the DoD will be able to make sure opportunities are visible to both persons inside and outside the agency by identifying particular occupations that require data and AI competence. The CDAO is also working to give AI workers in the defense sector a clear career path and network. Additionally, it will strengthen the department’s pipeline for finding new talent.
She said that the department is well aware that this profession requires ongoing retraining and education, and that both business and academia are at the forefront of that education. She also noted that the Defense Department wanted to make it simpler for people to join the government, serve their time, return to the workforce, pick up new skills, and obtain new credentials before returning to duty if they so desired.
Palmeri noted that a significant element of CDAO’s plan for providing the warfighter with AI capabilities is talent. Such knowledge opens the door for developing technologies to provide potentially game-changing capabilities that will allow leaders to decide best how to defend the US, prevent aggression, and win in combat when necessary. She concluded by saying that, thanks to CDAO’s aim of speeding DOD’s adoption of AI from the boardroom to the battlefield, we’re on a road to give DoD leaders and service members a decision edge in a way they’ve never known before.
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