The program, named In The Moment, is trying to build an AI-powered medical triage system that would make decisions about care for military personnel. The program will build and test algorithms that help medical decision-making for both small unit injuries and mass casualty events. This includes scenarios such as special operations taking fire or more widespread bomb blasts.
According to Matt Turek, a program manager at the agency, the AI could take into account resources at local hospitals and numbers of available medical professionals in the vicinity into its decision-making.
“That wouldn’t fit within the brain of a single human decision-maker,” Mr. Turek told the Post. “Computer algorithms may find solutions that humans can’t.”
