Why AI may enlarge rather than shrink command staffs

After reading "AL" as "AI," what staff functions did the panel expect an AI-heavy command headquarters to retain?

Much the same staff, and possibly more: people would still need to verify outputs, synthesize growing data, adapt systems to commanders, and keep command working when networks or automation failed.

AI can assist analysis, but staffs still need specialists to detect fabricated imagery and check confidently stated errors. Headquarters also require human procedures that continue to work when networks are jammed, power fails, or the automated system becomes unavailable. More sensors and generated data may enlarge the synthesis problem, while a system tailored to one commander's preferences may not suit the next. The panel cites repeated efforts to create paperless public-sector systems as a caution that expensive information technology can add organizational complexity without removing older workflows. The broader historical pattern offered here is that new information systems increase the work a headquarters must manage rather than automatically reducing personnel.