#157 Paul Lieber and Janis Butkevics on AI Best Practice in DoD

<p dir="ltr">The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association.</p> <p dir="ltr">During this episode, Paul Lieber and Janis Butkevics discuss their co-authored article: <a href= "https://information-professionals.org/searching-for-ai-best-practice-in-dod"> Searching for AI Best Practice in DoD: The Great Camp Divide and Lessons from A Commercial Setting</a>. Paul and Janis assert that DoD AI strategy and execution must be thoughtfully considered and best practices from commercial and other lab-like environments at minimum must be observed and noted. There is simply no good means of calculating risk/reward for particular pathways involving AI adoption and process insertion without these steps.</p> <p dir="ltr">Research Questions:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Referencing Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, Paul Lieber suggests an interested student examine how does a specific social media environment/platform nuance - considering but not directly guided by content within - shape ultimate discourse, decision making and influence outcomes for a Target Audience? ("The Medium is the Message.") Where/how can AI-driven automation tangibly impact such outcomes...and what mass communication/social psychology theory can potentially explain such impact?</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Janis Butkevics asks the question: can large language models (LLM) craft emotionally resonant content on par with humans?</p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr">Resources:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned</p> </li> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://information-profession