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AI systems are “idiot savants,” and maximizing what models do well while minimizing screwups will be crucial to adoption of AI into the U.S. government’s defense functions.

Dealing with AI’s ‘idiot savants’

Artificial intelligence systems are “idiot savants,” and maximizing what models do well while minimizing screwups will be crucial to adoption of AI into the U.S. government’s defense functions.

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