This episode of The Contracting Experience focuses on artificial Intelligence with guest Lt. Col. Dan Finkenstadt, an officer in the Air Force Contracting Force Development division. Finkenstadt holds a PhD from UNC Chapel Hill and served as a professor at the Naval Post Graduate School for the three years. In this episode, Finkenstadt describes the relationships between Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Machine Learning and Large Language Models while offering use cases, benefits, and risks for Air Force contracting. He also speaks about his role in the DAF Contracting Flight Plan where he is leading a team to foster AI education and training across the contracting workforce \n\n \n\nAcronyms: \n\nAI \u2013 Artificial Intelligence \n\nML \u2013 Machine Learning \n\nLLM \u2013 Large Language Model \n\nDAF \u2013 Department of the Air Force \n\nCDAO \u2013 Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office \n\nSAF/AQCX \u2013 Air Force Contracting Force Development \n\nSAF/CN \u2013 Air Force Chief Information Officer \n\n\nIf you would like to share feedback on the podcast, please submit via thecontractingexperience@gmail.com. \n\nRegister at https://www.dvidshub.net/ to access transcripts of the podcast.