American DARPA wants to predict the actions of enemies with artificial intelligence

DARPA, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, wants to start a project called “Theory of Mind”. In this project, the combination of advanced artificial intelligence algorithms and human experts is used. This project seeks to develop new technologies to achieve a better understanding and prediction of enemy movements and to design the necessary strategies and actions more precisely.

According to Interesting Engineering, DARPA explained in a short announcement that the Theory of Mind program combines advanced algorithms with human expertise. In this project, artificial intelligence and experts investigate various national security scenarios with complex modeling and simulations.

DARPA’s new project to predict enemy movements with artificial intelligence

One of the unique aspects of the Theory of Mind project is that it analyzes not only the current strategies of adversaries, but also how those strategies have evolved; In other words, by analyzing these strategies, DARPA intends to gain a clearer view of the change in the behavior of enemies in different situations.

Eric Davis joined DARPA in February 2024 as the project’s principal scientist. Prior to DARPA, Davis worked in the field of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and human-machine collaboration at Galois. Galois has worked with various important government agencies, including the US intelligence community and NASA.

In the announcement of DARPA, it is not mentioned what exactly is the goal of this project and what enemy is meant, but the word adversary is used for the enemy, which in the dictionary of the US Department of Defense refers to any entity that is potentially hostile; In other words, this technology may include more people.

Overall, the implications of developing such an algorithm raise concerns; Because it may be challenging to control and how to use this technology once it is set up. Of course, DARPA had previously tried to monitor human behavior through extensive data collection and analysis; For example, we can refer to the “Total Information Awareness” (TIA) program, which was launched in 2002 after the September 11 incident. The purpose of TIA was to identify and prevent terrorist activities by increasing surveillance measures.