Leveraging Hybrid Systems to Forecast Needs and Analyze Gaps for Dual Commercial and Military Use

Hybrid forecasting systems that combine inputs from humans and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) systems can be leveraged to forecast needs and analyze gaps for both commercial and military uses. Hybrid systems have demonstrated the ability to produce results that are more accurate than inputs from humans or AI/ML systems, separately. By using hybrid forecasting systems, organizations could potentially identify their needs and fill their gaps more quickly than by using a human-only or an AI/ML-only system. As companies identify the gaps they have and the ways they want to fill them, technologies could be created or developed as solutions, based on results from hybrid systems. When organizations identify needs quickly, everyone benefits. Those organizations can grow and make advancements in areas that could then help other people or organizations. In turn, when those individuals and entities are more successful, the positive second- and third-order effects continue to expand. Thus, by combining human insight and intuition with AI/ML, some concerns of forecasting and analysis could be alleviated. As a result, leveraging the power of hybrid systems could give strategic leaders the advantages they need over commercial competitors or military near-peers.