The CIA Wants More AI. Because Apparently Human Surveillance Wasn't Efficient Enough.
There was a time when hearing the words "artificial intelligence" made me think about science fiction. Giant computers, glowing screens, dramatic orchestras, and someone shouting that humanity had gone too far. Now I wake up, pour myself a cup of coffee, and discover another government agency announcing that it's going to lean even harder into AI. This time it's the CIA, because apparently collecting unimaginable amounts of information wasn't ambitious enough. Now they want machines helping them process it all at speeds that would make even conspiracy theorists ask everyone to slow down for a second. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. AI has become the universal answer to every organizational problem. Customer service? AI. Medical research? AI. Writing emails? AI. Creating music? AI. Now intelligence agencies are accelerating their use of advanced technologies, which feels like the inevitable next chapter in humanity's ongoing experiment of asking compute...
