A TECHNOLOGY CLASSIFICATION AID FOR ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH HAS PROGRESSED TO THE POINT WHERE IT HAS PRODUCED A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS, TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES. TO ASSURE THAT THESE SYSTEMS WILL RELIABLY PERFORM WILL REQUIRE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED TESTING PROCEDURES. THIS PROPOSAL DETAILS A PLAN FOR ORGANIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE KNOWLEDGE AND BUILDING SOFTWARE TOOLS WHICH USE THIS KNOWLEDGE AS A FIRST STEP TOWARDS DEVELOPING THE ADVANCED TESTING PROCEDURES REQUIRED TO EVALUATE AI SYSTEMS EMBEDDED IN MILITARY COMPONENTS. THE MAJOR OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE (1) ORGANIZING THE CURRENT LITERATURE IN THE AI COMPUTING FIELD INTO A WORKING TAXONOMY, (2) DEVELOPING TOOLS WHICH CAN USE THIS KNOWLEDGE TO CLASSIFY AI SYSTEMS, AND (3) DEVELOPING A PROTOTYPE BENCHMARK TOOL THAT CAN PRODUCE TEST SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSIDERED AI SYSTEMS.