Using Artificial Intelligence to Minimize Information Overload and Cognitive Biases in Military Intelligence

Citation
MAJ Elizabeth M. Marlin, Using Artificial Intelligence to Minimize Information Overload and Cognitive Biases in Military Intelligence (May 24, 2018) (full-text).

Overview
Information overload and cognitive biases are two challenges analysts face in the quest to produce timely intelligence. In today's digital world, analysts have access to more information than their human brains can process. Analysts draw on their personal experiences, training, and intuition to interpret the meaning of information. Analysts' judgments are susceptible to cognitive bias that can skew the intelligence process. Leveraging artificial intelligence to process data and analyze information provides analysts more time to synthesize knowledge and build situational understanding of the operational environment. A scenario development methodology explores two common tasks intelligence analysts perform and explores opportunities for integrating artificial intelligence.