The author looks at the implications of the successful overflight of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) over Israeli territory by the extremist organization Hezbollah on November 7, 2004
The U.S. Defense Department hopes an elite group of AI scientists will develop more tools to help intelligence analysts find terrorists before they strike.
A new DARPA program is research new intelligence technology to make it possible for humans and computers to "think together" in real time to "anticipate and preempt terrorist threats," according to official program documents.
In the new war against terrorism, with its infinite possibilities for unpredictable violence, the military is attempting to understand jihad through the infinitely patient and dogged computer. The new breed of virtual war game is attempting to push into that unexplored terrain, drawing from a burgeoning field of artificial intelligence known as "agent technology."
In a move that has some privacy rights advocates concerned, the Pentagon is hoping to track down terrorists with the help of a growing battery of computer software developed to combat consumer and business fraud.
Dr. James Martin believes that the "alien" intelligence of next-generation computers is better able to detect and take independent decisions to forestall terror attacks.