IMPLEMENTING AUGMENTED INTELLIGENCE IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

This paper will explore the opportunities for artificial intelligence (AI) in the system engineering domain, particularly in ways that unite the unique capabilities of the systems engineer with the AI. This collaboration of human and machine intelligence is known as Augmented Intelligence (AuI). There is little doubt that systems engineering productivity could be improved with effective utilization of well-established AI techniques, such as machine learning, natural language processing, and statistical models. However, human engineers excel at many tasks that remain difficult for AIs, such as visual interpretation, abstract pattern matching, and drawing broad inferences based on experience. Combining the best of AI and human capabilities, along with effective human/machine interactions and data visualization, offers the potential for orders-of-magnitude improvements in the speed and quality of delivered.