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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CNA is touting AI... but because of that, it may not need some staff in both the FFRDC and IPR departments.

Also, CNA needs to reduce overhead to be competitive in their gov contracts (IPR-side).[/quote]

Isn’t AI an opportunity for the FFRDCs? Impartial, conflict-free advice to help the federal government determine how to best leverage/harness/introduce new technologies into aging infrastructure and workstreams. [/quote]

Yes, but then do you need a lot of research/analytical staff? [/quote]

RAND cut staff (11% layoffs in addition to buyouts/quiet firing) and is hiring a LOT of seasonal student interns right now. It looks like they are moving away from using full-time research staff to interns who use AI. Is it cheaper? Probably. Would I trust AI-slop reports and memos they deliver to my office? Not a chance.[/quote]

What's the last thing your office did substantially differently because of a RAND report? [/quote]

Their work on defense acquisition reform has been very helpful to my office on more than one occasion. Interns w/ ChatGPT, I'd gues, would not be as useful to us. I could be wrong[/quote]

What was helpful to you? Was it key findings like "the United States has changing national priorities", or more like "managing the acquisition cost of systems is a challenge for DoD"? What did you do differently? Defense acquisition reform is clearly going so well, so which part of that can we thank RAND for?[/quote]

GER staff appear to be posting. lol
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