User:Archivist Llewellyn

Humankind has often wondered, "Is there intelligent life beyond Earth?" Curiosity AI, by Archivist Llewellyn, is an award-winning project that explores how artificial intelligence can communicate R&D concepts to be used in our future exploration of Mars. Curiosity AI is hosted on VADER2 island by US Department of Defense, US Army Research Laboratory's Simulation and Training Technology Center.

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Curiosity AI

Curiosity AI, by Archivist Llewellyn, is an award-winning project that explores how artificial intelligence can communicate R&D concepts to be used in our future exploration of Mars. The project won 2nd Place in the Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge, including a check for $3,000, an engraved trophy, a ribbon, and a medallion from the DoD / US Army for "Simulation, Training & Research." Archivist had a chance to demonstrate the project and be on a panel discussing "The Future of AI" at the Defense Gametech Conference in Orlando. Conference website.

Curiosity AI focuses on a human controlling one AI which then controls many other AIs. Specifically, it proposes the use of a UAV flying hovercraft such as the Embla UAV. A UAV hovercraft like this would be capable of speeds of 50 miles per hour or more and would not limited by difficult terrain and could also navigate into caves on Mars and the Moon. My videos depicting the futuristic Mars Embla swarm were published in February (in a new media format on YouTube), and a presentation given at the IEEE Oregon Virtual Worlds Symposium on March 11, and submitted (as part of a larger project) for an AI contest in December of 2010. In terms of defense applications, the project simulates how one human could operate many drones, including swarms. According to Tim Owings, deputy project manager for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office, "Right now, it takes two Soldiers to operate an unmanned aircraft," he said. "We want to take that to one-to-one and even to one-to-four. We will need higher levels of autonomy in our unmanned aircraft systems if an operator controls multiple vehicles" (March 24, 2011).

About the contest and award: White House Announcement Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge Website

Curiosity AI website and video: Home Page YouTube

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