Re: Transatlantic Cooperation on AI for Defense

Thank you Owen for the updates on this meeting

I learned a lot of technology good practices openly published by the us
defense dept, which
are pretty much textbook references

As I grew more experienced, I came to realize that the good work is
published and made accessible
'while there are still many dynamics in the defense depts like in any
government funded
department that does not adhere to such stated aims and goals at all. In
fact, a lot of aggression comes labeled under 'defense'
that itself is a knowledge misrepresentation imho

A lot of intelligence is used against constitutional principles,
information is withheld  and misused to manipulate public opinion
personnel are bullied behind the scenes to lie and act against their openly
stated goals. countries are invaded and bombed worldwide for personal,
economic and political reasons of a handful of powerful individuals

Stratml is a good thing, but there it can only makes assertions that may
not correspond to truth

I have started to think that even something as simple as stratml can be
misused to create
an aura of pretense of legitimacy and openness while in fact a lot more
remains concealed,
just another layer of deceit

Just for the record-
I am attempting to distance myself from anything that can be
politically manipulated by
the puppets who at any time manage to take hold of the stage - I am
talking about politicians and those who control and manipulate democratic
institutions long term

as I suspect
it is politics, financial interests and the unenlightened human mind that
are responsible for this situation

I just thought I d put on record that I respect all the good work being
done by anyone,
I have come to realise that even good work can become systemically deviated
to
serve unintended, unstated purposes
Here I explained what I mean by systemic deviation

https://journals.isss.org/index.php/proceedings60th/article/view/3512

Technically, as I stated before, I think stratml could benefit from being
extended to ensure that
the stated goals are actually implemented as intended, rather than as an
opportunity to assert goals and aims openly
that eventually do not correspond to how reality is impemented in practice,
 and that as such eventually become propaganda

PDM

On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 3:21 AM Owen Ambur <Owen.Ambur@verizon.net> wrote:

> Hodan, for whatever they may be worth, here are some comments on key
> points made by you and your panelists today
> <https://datainnovation.org/2021/03/how-to-deepen-transatlantic-cooperation-in-ai-for-defense/>
> :
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>    - Joanna - What does accountability mean in actual practice?  She
>    suggested that it means leadership.
>
> Accountability requires records.  Scalable accountability requires
> machine-readable records.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_document
>
>    - Raluca - With respect to hierarchy, we need to think outside the box.
>
> The traditional conceptualization of "leadership" reflects artificially
> ignorant <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/artificial-ignorance-owen-ambur/>
> inside-the-box thinking.  It absolves us from taking personal
> responsibility for doing what we ourselves can do, in partnership with
> those who share our values and objectives.  Brittle hierarchies and
> outmoded power structures <http://ambur.net/French&Raven.htm> should be
> supplanted by dynamic networks supported by online services enabling
> collaboration to realize common and complementary objectives.  How long The
> Politics Industry
> <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/politics-industry-v-we-people-magic-formula-owen-ambur/>
> might be capable of thwarting the realization of such results-oriented
> networks (Communities of Results) remains to be seen.  Thus far, the
> federal bureaucracy here the U.S. has avoided accountability for compliance
> with section 10
> <https://www.linkedin.com/posts/owenambur_open-machine-readable-government-activity-6751906006801903616-9nt1>
> of the GPRA Modernization Act for a decade and counting.
>
>    - Christie - The U.S. has published AI design principles and has one
>    of the most transparent processes for the development of AI-enabled weapons.
>    - Ulrike - The U.S. is actually developing more advanced AI policies
>    that the EU is merely talking about, but Europeans are still skeptical of
>    U.S. intentions.  There may be differences in values.  They should be
>    reflected in strategies.
>    - You - It is not clear what the EU strategy is.
>    - Joanna - Can't really do much without an agreed upon plan and data
>    is foundational.
>    - Raluca - Referenced the relevance of international standards and the
>    need for a vision of the future of defense as well as a strategy for AI
>    within the broader context.
>    - Christie - The U.S. is interested in working with allies who are
>    interested in working with us.  Once a data sharing model has been
>    developed, it can be rolled out to others.
>    - Joanna - Begin by sharing non-sensitive data.
>
> Strategy Markup Language (StratML) is the international data standard (ISO
> 17469-1 <https://www.iso.org/standard/59859.html>) for sharing the
> content of strategic plans, and StratML Part 2 (formerly ANSI/AIIM 22:2017)
> specifies the additional elements required for performance plans and
> reports.  Such plans and reports are essential records for purposes of
> accountability.  The desire to move beyond talk to collaborative action is
> evidenced by the publication of performance plans with specified
> objectives, metrics, timelines, stakeholders, and interlinkages (enabled,
> leveraged, tracked and reported by value-added intermediaries).
>
> Several of NATO's plans are available in StratML format at
> https://stratml.us/drybridge/index.htm#NATO
>
> This Google site-specific query
> <https://www.google.com/search?q=artificial+intelligence+site%3Astratml.us&domains=stratml.us&sxsrf=ALeKk02nLqTGUiSml99j6D0-9K4stGKh5g%3A1616522979408&ei=4y5aYNqjGJeZwbkPmpi_6AI&oq=artificial+intelligence+site%3Astratml.us&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAxQAFgAYPKwAmgAcAB4AIABmQGIAZkBkgEDMC4xmAEAqgEHZ3dzLXdpesABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwiaodWvgcfvAhWXTDABHRrMDy0Q4dUDCA0>
> reveals that about 185 of the >5K files plans in the StratML collection
> reference "artificial intelligence," including the U.S. DoD's 2018 AI
> strategy <https://stratml.us/metaformixis/DODAIS.pdf>.
>
> See also StratML use case Goal 30: Artificial Intelligence
> <https://stratml.us/carmel/iso/UC4SwStyle.xml#_6f069874-bb92-11e7-9b76-f79f9342c8d9>
> - Document on the Web in StratML format the performance plans of proposed
> artificial intelligence agents.
>
> It will be interesting to see who truly wants to collaborate and how they
> plan to do so.  https://connectedcommunity.net/
> Owen
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/owenambur/
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