William J. Barry, Chase Metcalf and Blair Wilcox
Modern warfare generates mountains of data from satellites, drones, and other sensors. The sheer volume of data makes identifying meaningful patterns extremely difficult. This significant problem requires a deliberate conceptual solution to address it. Enter the strategic centaur.
Consistent with the third offset strategy, this concept aims, at the strategic level of war, to reconcile human intuition and cognitive computing within modern conflicts’ dynamic and unpredictable nature. Western approaches to warfare currently lack a sufficient concept for AI integration at the strategic level of war. Without a guiding framework for strategic integration, AI adoption risks operational and tactical missteps that will only increase the rate of human carnage. Adapting military organizational processes, planning culture, and senior education to harness the cognitive power of AI is essential. The result? Faster, more accurate strategic decisions and, ultimately, a strengthening of warfighter lethality.
This discussion is not a philosophical exercise. It is a call to action based on observed hybrid performance, real-world experience in both warfighting and strategic planning from the corps through the combatant command level, and over a decade of research with AI as an emerging technology.
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