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Featuring: Daniel Driscoll, Republican | United States Secretary of the Army | National

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Army Sec. Daniel Driscoll on the Race to Equip the Military For Future Wars | WSJ News

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The goal to prepare soldiers for a world in which wars are won by drones, sensors and artificial intelligence. I think when you talk to soldiers about that, they're not actually worried about their role being outsourced to AI. Keeping a human in the loop is full fundamental to probably the type of creativity that will be required in future warfare. In addition to modernizing systems, Driscoll's team identified $48 billion that can be shifted away from old equipment like Humvees and Apaches into ward buying tools for modern warfare. (01:00–01:08)

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Asserts the importance of human involvement in military operations despite advancements in AI.

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