Maj. Gen. William Hank Taylor, commanding general of the 8th Army, told Business Insider he is using AI tools like ChatGPT to make decisions that can impact thousands of soldiers.
He added that “Chat and I” have become “really close lately.” According to the Major General, he has been using AI to build models to “help all of us,” especially for predicting next steps based on weekly reports.
I’m sure there are plenty of use cases for AI in something as wildly complex as what a general faces. But…
We’d have to see video to understand what he really meant there, but the quote is hella concerning. Was that a jokey kinda thing? Was he dead serious about leaning on an LLM? No way to tell from a chopped up quote, no body language or tone to read.
tl;dr: This really isn’t a story unless one is determined to read what one wants into it.