Sean Moriarty, CEO of Primer, discusses the importance of trust and utility in AI systems for defense. He emphasizes involving end users and designing systems with the user in mind. They explore the challenges in achieving 100% accuracy and discuss potential capabilities of an AI system for defense.
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Building trust in AI-enhanced systems requires understanding problems in human terms, not using technical jargon.
Adopting AI quickly in the defense sector through small, fast iterations helps earn trust and ensure user comfort.
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Building Trust in AI-Enhanced Systems
Sean Mariety, CEO of Primer, discusses the importance of building trust in AI-enhanced systems, especially in the defense sector. He emphasizes the need to get end users comfortable with and capable of using these tools effectively, highlighting the significance of understanding problems in human terms rather than using technical jargon. Sean emphasizes that AI should be seen as software that enhances human decision-making and job performance. Trust is built by quickly demonstrating the benefits of AI in low-risk environments, ensuring that users can become comfortable without taking on unnecessary risks.
Adoption of AI in Defense
Sean Mariety talks about the importance of adopting AI quickly in the defense sector, stressing the need for small, fast iterations. He explains that trust needs to be earned when introducing powerful AI technologies in environments where people's lives are at stake. By finding opportunities to bring technology to bear in a fast and beneficial way, organizations and users can become comfortable and capable of operating these AI systems.
The Role of Human Oversight and User Involvement
Sean Mariety discusses the critical role of human oversight in AI systems. He highlights the need for human judgment and decision-making to evaluate and interpret the recommendations provided by AI tools. Sean also emphasizes the importance of end user involvement and enthusiasm in the adoption of AI systems. He suggests that users who are knowledgeable in their domain can help lead and drive the adoption process, ensuring that AI tools are effectively integrated into their workflow.
Power, Accuracy, and Human-Centric Design
Sean Mariety explains how AI technologies, such as Primer's OSIN platform, provide power, speed, and accuracy in analyzing vast amounts of data in real-time. He highlights the ability of these tools to track and analyze persons and entities of interest, generate profiles, and summarize information for analysts. In terms of trust, Sean stresses the importance of grounding AI models in reliable and trusted sources of information, ensuring that end users have control and understanding of the data used by the AI system.
Today’s guest is Sean Moriarty, the new CEO of Primer. He joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella to discuss how to build trust in the true capabilities of AI-enhanced systems that will be making all the difference in life and death situations going forward for the defense sector and beyond. Throughout his appearance, Sean emphasizes the primacy of getting end users to properly execute procedures by understanding problems in human terms, not the esoteric language of subject matter experts. This episode is sponsored by Primer. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
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