Considering his role , Jacobs emphasises the focus on ethics that pervades the Air Force ’ s work with AI . We embed in all of our projects a consideration of artificial intelligence ethics and how it ’ s done . The Air Force wants to be a leader in AI , and to do that you have to focus on ethics .” He gives the example of the possibility of human research subjects being implicated from AI research based upon data . “ One of the things we did is work with the Air Force 711th Human Performance Wing and coordinated with the Department of Army to develop a simple two-page guide to help Air Force and MIT researchers understand when something is human subject research under AI , and when it is not , so that we ’ re following ethical guidelines at all times .”

In line with this ethical consideration are the public challenges . “ The Air Force can actually be a partner in advancing the state of the art for everyone , and be leaders in this field . While it ’ s not new for academia to put forward challenges for other academics , it is new for the Air Force to get involved .” That new approach has required a number of advancements to make possible . “ Some of the things

— Maj . David Jacobs , US Air Force

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