NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — From keeping sailors healthy to making wartime decisions, the United States Navy is sailing into the future using artificial intelligence, but what does AI look like in the battlespace? 10 On Your Side sat down with Admiral Daryl Caudle, Commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Comm and, to learn more about new technology in the Navy. "There's probably some 60 different programs that I can say artificial intelligence is actually working in today in some mature way for the Navy that most people wouldn't be thinking about," Caudle said. He understands technology beyond its use as a tool. Caudle has an academic background in physics and organizational leadership with a specialization in information systems and technology. "At the heart of, artificial intelligence, there's going to be an algorithm, and an algorithm is maybe, in my opinion, a fancy way to say a weighted equation of correlations that have been made for a known outcome versus a data set in which I can look at to make those correlations," Caudle said. Those correlations are now impacting all branches of military, especially the Navy. Caudle said he organizes them into three-plus-three bins of tools, ranging from facial recognition to generative artificial intelligence. AI is currently helping with tasks ranging from personnel readiness to war fighting scenarios. "Let's say I'm looking at this complex environment in the Red Sea," he said. "Now, I've got commercial airlines that are up. I've got tactical aircraft are up. I've got helicopter tours that are up, I've got enemy missiles that are inbound. And that's a complex environment. How are the sensors onboard the ship using an air algorithm going to actually inform — what is the thing I need to engage and what's a friendly?" Not every potential use of AI, though, is limited to high-stakes moments. Caudle said it's also impacting the every day lives of sailors, like making sure they're deployment ready. "AI gives us predictive capability based on looking at these data sets compared to historical large data sets and giving folks better ways to help sailors with — it could be mental health predictions, it could be physical, predictions with their body and it could certainly be dental readiness, as examples," he said. Every rank, every day — using technology to better the health of sailors and strengthen the lethality of the U.S. Navy. "Our mission is very important," Caudle said. "We want people to understand that we're pretty capable and pretty lethal." Stay with WAVY.com for more local news, weather and traffic. ...read more read less