UNSC Artificial Intelligence Department

The UNSC Artificial Intelligence Department is a department within the United Nations Space Command tasked with overseeing all artificial intelligence activities. Originally under the NATO Science and Technology Organization, the Office of Artificial Intelligence reorganized and merged with the International Telecommunication Union's AI Subcommittee to form the United Nations Space Command Artificial Intelligence Committee to assist with the development and application of artificial intelligence for the UNSC. Throughout its years, the Artificial Intelligence Committee was renamed to Artificial Intelligence Department and became one of the many departments under the United Nations Space Command. Since 2287, it has coordinated with the UEG's Department of Technological Ethics, which oversees and regulates the research and development of all potentially hazardous technology such as bioengineering, cloning, nanotechnology, and high-end computing.

Throughout its history, the Artificial Intelligence Department has created a variety of Artificial Intelligence platforms to serve the UNSC and its mission. Famous concepts such as Superintendent-Class, [INSERT NAME HERE]-Class, and Smart-AIs were invented by personnel within the Department to help the UNSC operate much more efficiently. The Artificial Intelligence Department is known to have close ties with colonial governments, private institutions specialized in AI research, and private corporations focused on AI development.

Organization
The UNSC Artificial Intelligence Department is broken down into four major offices along with Departments, Architechs, and Groups to help with the vision, action, and development of AI technology. The Director of the Department is either a high-ranking civilian leader or UNSC military general/flag officer. Many of the previous Directors have served in both corporate and government roles to help continue facilitating connections between the UNSC and its partners. The term for Director of the Department is an eight-year term which is overseen by the [Phoenix Initiative's].

Notably, the four major offices are Military, Scientific, Commercial, and Research. The Military Office is known as one of the largest offices and spans across the entire UNSC Armed Forces. It holds representatives from the UNSC Aerospace Force, UNSC Army, UNSC Marine Corps, and UNSC Navy along with a large number of civilian personnel and contractors. Scientific includes personnel who are charged with the focus of Scientific Activity within the UNSC. Representatives from across the UNSC include UNSC Astronavigation, UNSC Survey Group, UNSC Medical Corps, and UNSC Astrophysics. Notably, the Scientific Office is home to the oversight of all AI activity outside of the UNSC Armed Forces. The Commercial Office is charged with providing materials, publications, insight, and consultation to organizations on the topic of AI. The Research Office is dominated by a heavy civilian and contractor workforce with deep ties to private corporations involved in AI research, development, and experiments. Many of the projects within the Research Office are considered to be known as Study Groups, Mind Groups, and Mind Architechs.

Along with the Offices, the Council of Artificial Intelligence Insitute is a think tank within the Artificial Intelligence Department to help with conducting studies, oversight, and reports on AI activity across the UNSC. The Council is known to submit a five-year report known as the Mind Report which highlights the success of AI development, ongoing projects, and future opportunities for the Department to explore as the time comes.

The Department has its own training and certification programs for individuals to become qualified in AI technology. Working closely with academic institutions, the AI-Synthetic Education Program allows for individuals to attend and receive advanced education to deepen their knowledge of AI. The Artificial Intelligence Engineer certification is arguably the most competitive program within the Department's Education program. Other opportunities include Data Engineer, Repair Technician, and Ethical Security Agent. The Law program, AI Law and Ethics, gives lawyers from the UNSC JAG Corps the opportunity to specialize in AI-related law matters.

Buildup and Expansion
Following the establishment of the United Nations Space Command in 216X, the NATO Science and Technology Organization worked with partner nations on building an Artificial Intelligence Division dedicated to the UNSC and became known as the UNSC Artificial Intelligence Center. The Center focused on managing big data, analytics, and providing services to understand computational and statistical issues the newly formed command endured. By the end of the 22nd century, the UNSC Artificial Intelligence transferred out from under the NATO Science and Technology Organization to the newly formed UNSC Warfighting Laboratory. As the UNSC continued to grow in personnel and mission set, the Artificial Intelligence Center was renamed to the Office of Artificial Intelligence to help staff more people, fund more projects, and handle the growing scope of the UNSC.

In 2217, the Office of Artificial Intelligence collaborated with various industry leaders and academic institutions to hold an AI Conference surrounding the development of Machine Learning and Ethical Practices. With the rise of technological innovations, the idea of implementing more advanced Artificial Intelligence was raised and theorized by many. The conference later became known as the Mombasa Accords to help with the foundation of creating The Intelligence Revolution for Humanity. Following the establishment of Smart Artificial Intelligence with the help of multi-partnership projects, the Office of Artificial Intelligence rose to its own Department in 2238 to be renamed Artificial Intelligence Department. However, the rise of Smart AI brought in a series of ethical debates on developing laws, restrictions, and oversights to ensure such AIs never went rogue. The Department developed its own guidelines and an oversight collection of experts to meet on such topics.

The first Golden Era, also known as the Intelligence Revolution, for Artificial Intelligence came in the middle of the 23rd century due to the rise of Smart Artificial Intelligence. At the time, projects such as The Assembly, The Court, and others became the standard for testing Artificial Intelligence and seeing the rise of digital technology across Humanity. While many welcomed the addition of Artificial Intelligence into societies, many watchdogs and conspiracy theorists feared a technological takeover. Given the dangers of Smart Artificial Intelligence and self-aware software, the Department instituted an updated Turing Test known as the Daughtler Exam to better classify Artificial Intelligence. However, the Daughtler Exam proved to be useless to the public given their fears. As Artificial Intelligence became more restricted and relegated, the Department revamped the Research and Development to continue studying and producing advanced Artificial Intelligence through various black projects and front organizations.

The Assembly
Officially known as Artificial Intelligence Study Group - 0421 and also called the Titan Experiment, The Assembly is an ongoing classified research project conducted by the Special Activities Architect of the Research Office. It is officially defined as a strategic think tank serving an advisory body for the UNSC and UEG, designed to develop ideas and possibilities to advise and theorize plans for humanity's survival.

Based in an expansive complex on Saturn's frigid moon Titan, the Assembly is a set of smart AIs operating in a novel networked architecture. The Assembly's unique housing system and the cryocomputing conditions of Titan enable the AIs of the Assembly to survive well past their normal final dispensation dates. However, continued existence also transforms the AIs in unexpected ways, though as of yet, the Assembly's oversight group claims not to have found evidence of conventional Rampancy - possibly making the Assembly the only examples of the theorized "metastable" AI. However, the applicability of this has so far been limited due to the Assembly's specific circumstances of creation and housing - they cannot operate outside the conditions of Titan, are completely dependent on their physical data centers, and their access to external networks is strictly limited and monitored.

The Assembly was conceived as a joint venture between the AID, the Pandora Dynamics AI and cybernetics research corporation and various AI research institutes in the 2270s. The research group, headed by Dr. Dai Xiulan, skirted the very bounds of UEG AI law in creating the system; however, this was at the height of the UEG's technocratic era, and techno-optimism often surpassed regulation. Proponents of the project hoped the Assembly might eventually become intensely involved in UEG politics - in effect a posthuman governmental body able to surpass the limits of human policymakers. After the scandals that characterized the late 23rd century, the UNSC took a much more hands-on approach to overseeing the Assembly, though the experiment was allowed to continue. For all their oversight, however, the UNSC does not truly know what happens inside the Assembly's mainframes, and they certainly have no idea just how far beyond its native network the Assembly's influence reaches.