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The Air Force has big ambitions for incorporating artificial intelligence into warfighting. But there\u2019s one big problem: As of now, the service doesn\u2019t have the processes or infrastructure to test and evaluate AI with nearly the same rigor it\u2019s long used and demanded for its less intelligent weapons systems.\nThat assessment is one of the key findings of a more than year-long\xa0study\xa0by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS), whose authors emphasized the challenges in assessing whether an AI-enabled system will work as it\u2019s intended are not unique to the Air Force, but rather, are common across federal agencies.\nOne of the biggest challenges the Air Force faces is that its test and evaluation infrastructure is designed to put physical weapons systems through their paces at defined points in time, before they\u2019ve been fielded. In that process, once a bomber or fighter has been deemed suitable and effective for its missions, it\u2019s turned over to the operational community.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices