Pentagon to give AI agents a role in planning, operations
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Former allies, take note. This is a WOPR

The American military has signed a deal with Scale AI to give artificial intelligence, as far as we can tell, its most prominent role in the Western defense sector to date – with AI agents to now be used in planning and operations.

    • knightly the SneptaurEnglish
      12•22 hours ago

      To oversimplify, it makes the image seem more balanced.

      The audience for this image is folks who can read English and are therefore habituated to parse text and images from left to right. By having the figure on the left use their distant hand, they avoid becoming the dominant figure in the image, thus emphasizing the figure on the right and leading the eye toward it. This keeps the eye-path from stagnating on the left-hand figure, improving the perception of balance between them even though it contradicts our expectations about the gesture.

        • knightly the SneptaurEnglish
          6•20 hours ago

          Yeah, once you know to look for gaze-directing design you’ll start seeing it everywhere. In movies and shows especially, a big factor in cinematography lies in how well the director can lead the audience’s focus.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•21 hours ago

      Probably because of Hollywood - for some reason they always seem to shake with their left hands, which always stands out to me

      I’m not sure what the reason is, but I’m sure it’s related