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Despite Advances In AI Technology, It’s Still Not ‘Good Enough,’ NGA Official Says

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Despite Advances In AI Technology, It’s Still Not ‘Good Enough,’ NGA Official Says
Mark Munsell, left, director of NGA's Data and Digital Innovation Directorate, speaking at the GEOINT 2023 Symposium in May. Photo: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation

ST. LOUIS—There is no need to pause development of artificial intelligence (AI) despite recent advances that have alarmed experts and policy-makers about hidden dangers in the use of the technology because it currently is “not good enough” and continued maturing of the technology will ultimately improve capabilities, an official with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) said last week. NGA’s primary investment focus is in “machine learning in the domain of computer vision…to be able to detect objects of interest, to…

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