Colonel at U.S. Air Force
Introduced the OODA loop concept (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) which has been applied to AI and robotics decision-making.
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Agentic AI systems have fundamental architectural vulnerabilities because they embed untrusted actors within OODA loops, making them susceptible to prompt injection and data poisoning attacks that cannot be solved by merely reducing hallucinations.
“Introduced the OODA loop concept (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) which has been applied to AI and robotics decision-making.”