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Navy/USMC

Berger: Trusted AI and Unmanned Tools Needed In the Future

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021

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Berger: Trusted AI and Unmanned Tools Needed In the Future

Gen. David Berger, the commandant of the Marines Corps. (Photo: DoD)

The commandant of the Marine Corps this week said unmanned teaming and increased artificial intelligence (AI) is needed to maintain superiority over China in the future. “I’m a believer in manned and unmanned teaming, I think that’s where we’re headed. But technologies are not going to replace the individual Marine, of course. It will enable the Marine to be more lethal,” Gen. David Berger said Tuesday during the National Defense Industrial Association’s 2021 Virtual Expeditionary Warfare Conference. Berger highlighted a…

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