CAN AI PASS THE U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM?

About this episode

The episode discusses whether AI can pass military exams, highlighting the performance of various AI models and the importance of human judgment.

Can AI pass military exams? Kevin Boyce & John Nagl join host Tom Spahr to discuss testing ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude & Grok on Army War College comps. All passed, but limits caused AI to degrade under pressure, proving human judgment remains indispensable. You can read the article Can AI Pass the U.S. Army War College? by Kevin Boyce, John Nagl and Kris Wheaton here https://publications.armywarcollege.edu/News/Display/Article/4472536/can-ai-pass-the-us-army-war-college/ You can find the manuscript Responsibly Pursuing Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) for the War Fighter by Blair Wilcox and Anthony Pfaff here https://press.armywarcollege.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3365&context=parameters https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/podcasts/ai-comps

People in this episode

Host: Tom Spahr

Guests: Kevin Boyce, John Nagl

Topics covered

• AI in military
• Army War College
• Generative AI
• military exams
• human judgment

Keywords

• AI
• military exams
• Army War College
• ChatGPT
• human judgment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Army War College

Books & works: Can AI Pass the U.S. Army War College?, Responsibly Pursuing Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) for the War Fighter

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