(If you don't have time to read all this, scroll down to the questions.) I'm writing an article on the role of intelligent systems in the field of International Relations (IR). Why IR? Because in today's (and more so in tomorrow's) world the majority of national policies is influenced by foreign affairs--trade, migration, technology, global issues etc. (And because I got invited to write such an article for the IR community.)
Link for a quick overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_relations The problem of foreign and domestic policy-making is to have appropriate data sources, models of the world and useful goals. Ideally both sides of the equation are brought into balance, which is difficult of course. Modern societies become more pluralistic, the world becomes more polycentric, technologies and social dynamics change faster and the overall scence becomes more complex. That's the trend. To make sense of that all policy/decision-makers have to handle this rising complexity. I know of several (academic) approaches to model IR, conflicts, macroeconomic and social processes. Only few are useful. And fewer are actually used (e.g., tax policy, economic policy). It's possible that some use even narrow AI for specific tasks. But I'm not aware of intelligent systems used by the IR community. >From what I see do they rely more on studies done by analysts and news/intelligence reports. So my questions: (1) Do you know of intelligent systems for situational awareness, decision support, policy implementation and control that are used by the IR community (in whatever country)? (2) Or that are proposed to be used? (3) Do you know of any trends into this direction? Like extended C4ISR or ERP systems? (4) Do you know of intelligent systems used in the business world for strategic planning and operational control that could be used in IR? (5) Historical examples? Like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn for the real-time control of the planned economy (6) Do you think the following statement is useful? Policy-making is a feedback loop which consists of awareness- decision-planing-action, where every part requires experience, trained cognitive abilites, high speed and precision of perception and assessment. (Background: ideal field for a supporting AGI to work in.) (6) Further comments? Thanks, Jan ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=8660244-6e7fb59c Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
