Planning: Research in Generative Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Analysis in the US Intelligence Community

非技术：近年来，人工智能（AI）已经成为学术界、工业界和政府越来越重要的研究领域，因为它有可能解决许多重要问题，从而造福社会。人工智能研究的目标是在计算机器中创造出类似人类的能力，这种能力可以归为“智能”一词。有了这些能力，机器也许能够帮助人类创造更好的条件，并可能加速科学发现。生成式人工智能（GAI）是人工智能研究中活跃度最高的领域之一，这是因为它为任何有互联网连接的人提供了通过ChatGPT等网络界面与GAI进行对话的能力。这些对话几乎可以是关于任何事情。通过从大规模互动中学习，人工智能越来越擅长为与它们互动的人类提出的具有挑战性的问题提供好的答案。GAI技术，如稳定扩散，可以根据书面描述渲染高质量的图像。根据专家的说法，GAI应用程序将会有非常高的采用率，并将对许多工作和生产力领域产生影响。GAI的潜力很大，但专家警告说，它可能产生不准确或有害的结果。这是费耶特维尔州立大学（FSU）和分析科学实验室（LAS）之间的一个规划项目，FSU是牵头机构。该项目旨在制定计划，建立一个研究项目，重点关注使用启动型人工智能，特别是GAI，重点是加强美国情报界（IC）的分析。该项目旨在将学术界、集成电路和工业界联合起来，确定研究重点，确定差距，并开发一个设计和逻辑模型，该模型将为该领域的研究计划奠定基础，并将产生至少一份研究提案，提交给NSF以获得资助。技术：生成式人工智能（GAI）的现状及其通过ChatGPT等网络界面进行对话的可用性正在迅速改变人工智能在社会中的应用。使用多模态生成人工智能（如Stable Diffusion）根据书面描述渲染高质量图像，将影响许多工作领域和生产力。GAI的潜力很大，但专家警告说，它可能产生不准确或有害的结果。该项目申请为费耶特维尔州立大学（FSU）和分析科学实验室（LAS）之间的规划项目提供资金，FSU是牵头机构。该规划项目的探索性会议将进行深入的对话、演讲，并将创建描述研究需求、研究问题、知识价值和使用GAI支持IC的更广泛影响的文件。拟议规划拨款的知识价值在于，它将为研究创建路线图，并为创建创新生态系统创建网络，以维持这一重要领域的进展。该项目的更广泛影响将为发展基础和应用研究机会创造一个计划。作为HBCU， FSU将能够领导并激发对应用先进研究来解决IC面临的问题的兴趣，在许多与国家安全相关的紧急事项中。FSU的服务区域包括自由堡，这是美国在该国最大的陆军基地。FSU最近被授予北卡大学系统的紫心勋章。FSU与军事社区的深厚联系将扩大该奖项的广泛影响，该项目将为进一步发展与IC相关的研究机会制定计划，该研究机会在布拉格堡社区中占有重要地位。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Non-technical: In recent years Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an increasingly important area of research for academia, industry, and government because it has the potential to solve many important problems and thus benefit society. The goal of AI research is to create human-like abilities which can be grouped under the term “intelligence”, in computing machines. With these abilities, machines may be able to help create better conditions for humans and may accelerate scientific discovery. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) is one of the categories of AI research which is seeing intense activity, and this is because it provides anyone with an internet connection the ability to hold conversations with a GAI through web interfaces like ChatGPT. These conversations can be about almost anything. By learning from large scale interactions, the GAIs are becoming better at providing good answers to challenging questions raised by the humans interacting with them. GAI technology such as Stable Diffusion, can render high-quality images based on written descriptions. According to experts GAI applications will see very high levels of adoption and will impact on many areas of work and productivity. The potential of GAI is high, but experts caution that it can produce inaccurate or harmful outputs. This is a planning project between Fayetteville State University (FSU) and the Laboratory of Analytic Sciences (LAS), with FSU as the lead institution. The project aims to work on planning to establish a research program focusing on use-inspired AI, specifically GAI, with a focus on enhancing analysis in the US Intelligence Community (IC). The project intends to bring together academia, the IC, and industry to define research thrusts, identify gaps, and develop a design and logic model which will create the foundations of a research program in this area, and will also generate at least one research proposal that will be submitted to NSF for funding. Technical: The current state of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) and its usability in holding conversations through web interfaces like ChatGPT is rapidly changing the adoption of AI in society. The use of multi-modal generative AI, such as Stable Diffusion, to render high-quality images based on written descriptions will impact many areas of work and productivity. The potential of GAI is high, but experts caution that it can produce inaccurate or harmful outputs. This project applications requests funding for a planning project between Fayetteville State University (FSU) and the Laboratory of Analytic Sciences (LAS), with FSU as the lead institution. The exploratory meetings of this planning project will be in-depth conversations, presentations and will create documentation describing the research needs, research problems, intellectual merit and broader impacts in the use of GAI to support the IC. The Intellectual Merit of the proposed planning grant is that it will create the roadmap for research and the network for creating an innovation ecosystem that can sustain progress in this important area. The Broader Impacts of this project will create a plan for developing basic and applied research opportunities. As an HBCU, FSU will be able to lead and generate interest in the application of advanced research to solve problems facing the IC, in many urgent matters related to national security. The service area of FSU includes Fort Liberty, which is the largest US Army base in the country. FSU was recently awarded the Purple Heart status in the UNC System. The broader impacts of this award will be amplified by FSU’s deep connections to the military community where this project will create plans for further development of research opportunities related to the IC which has a significant presence in the Fort Bragg community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.