Posted on 02/09/2022 10:30:46 AM PST by BenLurkin
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Perceptually-enabled Task Guidance (PTG) program to develop a prototype artificial intelligence (AI) assistant. The prototype will be embedded in an augmented reality (AR) headset to help rotary pilots perform expected and unexpected tasks.
Northrop Grumman, in partnership with the University of Central Florida (UCF), will develop an Operator and Context Adaptive Reasoning Intuitive Assistant (OCARINA) that will support UH-60 Blackhawk pilots, who fly with both visual and instrumented flight, which varies with weather, time of day and other environmental factors.
“The goal of this prototype is to broaden a pilot’s skillset,” said Erin Cherry, senior autonomy program manager, Northrop Grumman. “It will help teach new tasks, aide in the recognition and reduction of errors, improve task completion time, and most importantly, help to prevent catastrophic events.”
Rotorcraft aircrews face numerous demands particularly when flying in close proximity to buildings, terrain, people and from the threat of adversary RADAR systems. Today, simple warning systems are the most common means for aiding a rotorcraft aircrew, such as auditory alerts to increase altitude. These warning systems are limiting and can induce unanticipated cognitive burdens on pilots. Studies have shown that inattentional blindness to such warnings can occur, often making them ineffective for the aircrew.
DARPA’s PTG program aims to develop AI technologies to help users perform complex mental and physical tasks. The goal is to provide users of PTG AI assistants with wearable sensors that allow the assistant to observe what the user perceives and know what the user knows. Using advanced information processing and an AR interface, the goal of the program is to have the AI assistant provide feedback and guidance through speech and aligned graphics at the right place and time to augment the aircrew.
Cortana, is that you?
Skynet.
Artificial intelligence assistant..sort of like Jill Biden.
The Democrats need all the help they can get even if its only artificial.
It is kind of like Skynet. People who work on it call it “Assisted Decision Making” because calling it Skynet makes people lose their sh.t
THX 1138, you appear to be off your medications..
Before I do what you tell me, we are going to have to have a long conversation about where you think this relationship is going.
I am not taking off until you get that report in to the XO on how many wokeness training sessions you held last week.
You know we’re not going to stop until that self-fulfilling prophecy happens!
I could only hope it would be only as good as Red Dwarf’s idiot main computer, Holly.
Here’s what they need to build: A dog robot. When people are out walking their dog, you can tell why they have that dog. The cute fluffy ones are usually pretty friendly, the pitbulls usually are not. But even the friendliest golden retreiver will defend its master’s safety with ferocity.
A robot could just walk behind you, if you’re ever in any trouble it comes to your assistance. It could call 911, video the event, fight off attackers, administer first aid, all kinds of stuff.
I would like a robot dog. I’d buy one if I could afford it.
When I owned a home in Sunnyvale, CA, both of our neighbors had dogs. They did not have gophers. Naturally, the gophers came through our property. Couldn’t get rid of them.
A robot dog would take care of that... just some sensors and some barking and some scratching would do the trick.
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