1. Military and the BOLT Eric Samson CSCE 390

2. BOLT Broad Operational Language Translation Broad Operational Language Translation $15 million budget $15 million budget Once developed: Once developed: Use language as well as visual and tactile inputs Use language as well as visual and tactile inputs Hypothesize and perform automated reasoning Hypothesize and perform automated reasoning Recognize 250 different objects Recognize 250 different objects Understand up to 100 actions Understand up to 100 actions

3. Ethical Issues May replace soldiers May replace soldiers Specialized jobs (Translators) Specialized jobs (Translators) Developed using taxpayer dollars Developed using taxpayer dollars $15 million budget $15 million budget

4. Merits Performs a variety of difficult translation feats for troops in hostile territory Performs a variety of difficult translation feats for troops in hostile territory Use language as well as visual and tactile inputs Use language as well as visual and tactile inputs Understand consequences of 100 actions Understand consequences of 100 actions So that it can execute complex commands So that it can execute complex commands Will conduct human-to-machine and human-to- human translation Will conduct human-to-machine and human-to- human translation Enable bilingual human to human conversation Enable bilingual human to human conversation Projected 90% success rate Projected 90% success rate Context, genre-independant Context, genre-independant

5. Sources http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/04/militarys-newest-recruit-c-3p0 https://www.fbo.gov/utils/view?id=dfb543e2e101dd4288f538ea2af9da56