The Analyst

SENTIENT AI

SENTIENT AI is not a forecast for the future. It is the secret United States National Reconnaissance Office AI system called Sentient.
In recent weeks it’s had a few parts of its secret program partly publicised. Largely due to an AI conference.
What we know is that its primary use is to process tens of thousands of images from satellites and other military sources every hour. Not only does it analyse the images and bring them to the attention of operators if parameters require it, it can actually direct satellites and other systems including signals intelligence all by itself. That enables it to actively investigate what it deems to be suspicious activity.
Lately Sentient is believed to have tracked - by using thousands of images collected globally, the patterns of the Russian ‘dark tanker fleet’ so that it’s known where they are at all times.
Sentient is believed to have contributed along with the privately owned BlackStar system AI to Ukraine’s ability to destroy so much of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
It’s almost certainly involved in the alerting of US military commanders to the activation of the Iranian missiles that attacked Israel and even the original attack on Ukraine.
The scale of Sentient is classified but it is vastly more capable and all encompassing than anyone outside of the program can even imagine.
Except perhaps the Chinese who are unquestionably developmentally not far behind.
The point of these systems is far more complex than just spying. It’s about learning enough about enough to actually predict what might happen next.
Sentient is here now. Every day.
It’s more powerful than the public would be happy with but it’s utterly vital to keeping the United States alert to what’s happening in the world.