Decentralized Artificial Intelligence through Controlled Emergence (DICE)
The DICE program aims to develop theory and algorithms for decentralized coordination of heterogeneous AI agents to enable scalable, adaptive, and resilient autonomous missions in contested environments under human control. It seeks to avoid the fragility of centralized orchestration and the unpredictability of ad hoc AI compositions by ensuring predictable, aligned collective behavior. The approach mirrors the internet's decentralized self-organization, where robust global behavior emerges from simple local rules. No specific timelines, budget amounts, or performance locations are mentioned in the description.