Application of Artificial Intelligence in Military: From Projects View

The breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) have led to a new race in military throughout the world. Even though technologies in AI, like machine learning or big data, are still at their juvenile stage, the technology experts in United States, Europe Union or other countries, have been setting out to transfer AI technologies into the military power, which is doomed to influence all spheres of warfare. To figure out which domain has AI been studied to enhance military capability, the paper summarized 7 major military applications of AI, based on the projects investigated by the defense department in US and Europe governments, finally analyses challenges associated with military employment of AI techniques and draws a brief conclusion.