NGA embraces the promise of AI, but not without the humans to match

FedScoop: Robert Cardillo has no illusions about whether artificial intelligence will be the future of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

The director of NGA said Thursday that the sheer volume of data flowing through his agency from both government and commercial satellites means he will have to embrace the developing technology to bear the brunt of the workload.

But to manage it still requires human judgment, which is why he’s also making a play to recruit a new swath of data scientists.

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