The Defence Science and Technology Lab provide a biscuit book on the use of artificial intelligence as a tool for intelligence work. This book examines how we can make this technology work for us and integrate it into our decision-making processes.  

Link: Biscuit book on AI  

The topics covered in this book are: -  

• Introduction 

• Intelligence analysis: needles, haystacks, puzzles and mysteries 

• Data, information, knowledge, wisdom 

• Human Machine Teaming 

• Approaches to improving intelligence analysis 

• Knowledge, psychology, systems 

• Theories of knowledge 

• Research methods 

• AI approaches 

• Where AI replaces people 

• Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) 

• Recognition primed decision making 

• So what about knowledge, psychology and systems? 

• What we learned 

• 1. Teach analysts to help themselves 

• 2. Start your knowledge work 

• 3. Talk to systems experts 

• 4. Define the task flow 

• 5. Understand research ethics 

• 6. NASA Task Load Index 

• 7. Trust and transparency 

• 8. Experimentation in naturalistic settings 

• In the weeds 

• The psychology of intelligence analysis 

• Bias in AI systems 

• The systems view of intelligence analysis 

• The philosophical view of intelligence analysis 

• Justified true belief 

• Situated cognition 

• Practical wisdom