Artificial Intelligence as a Decision Making Tool for Military Leaders

Land Forces Academy Review Vol. XXVI, No. 4(104), 2021 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS A DECISION MAKING TOOL FOR MILITARY LEADERS Alexandru BABOȘ “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy, Sibiu, Romania babos.alexandru@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Capable of processing the volume, variety, accuracy and speed of data at rates and precision impossible for humans to achieve, artificial intelligence-enabled systems offer great potential in supporting the decision making. However, the impact of the use of AI will not be solely for future leaders, but will also affect those they lead. This article means to highlight these possible effects on leaders, by presenting some important connections between AI and leadership. KEYWORDS: artificial intelligence, leadership, military leader, future leadership 1. Introduction “replace” human intelligence, which is still While the concept of leadership has widely regarded, at least by us humans, as been researched for over 100 years, research our key competitive advantage” (Chamoro- in the artificial intelligence (AI) field, and Premuzic, Wade & Jordan, 2018). AI will moreover the AI implications on leadership, also lead to a greater emphasis on the “soft” is quite new. The key terms that associate elements of leadership: the personality with artificial intelligence (AI) is: big data, traits, attitudes, and behaviours that allow automation, machine learning, and Industry individuals to help others achieve a 4.0 (Titareva, 2021). AI is used in a variety of common goal or shared purpose. fields, such as entertainment, healthcare, service industry, education, and not the least, 2. Research Methodology military. Given its direct and major Taking into consideration these implications within the military, I would preliminary theoretical aspects, the purpose emphasize AI’s importance into this field. of this study is to determine some potential uses of AI for optimizing decision making...