AI offers Defence significant opportunities to improve efficiency, accelerate analysis and strengthen decision support. Yet adoption is not simply a technology challenge. Defence decisions are often high consequence, time-critical and shaped by complex operational, technical and human factors. Introducing AI successfully therefore requires a structured approach that balances innovation with assurance, accountability and trust.
This paper argues that Defence organisations should move beyond technology led adoption. They should begin by understanding the problem, the decision being supported and the level of risk that can be tolerated. AI technologies have advanced rapidly, but they remain non-deterministic and can present inaccurate or misleading outputs with unwarranted confidence. The operational
impact of these behaviours depends on the context in which AI is used and on the role people play in validating and acting on its outputs.
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