Stop Using AI. Start Commanding It

Walk into the Pentagon, climb the escalator, and an Uncle Sam-style poster points at you: 8220I want YOU to use AI.8221 It worked. GenAI.mil hit 1.5 million users in six months, and I have heard enough OpenAI-in-disguise pitches to last a lifetime. The adoption really is great, but the poster contains a problem. 8220Use8221 is the verb of tools, and the Department of Defense does not win by using tools. It wins by commanding forces.North of the Pentagon, a task force few know about operates in…