Attachment_G_ASIMOV_Controlled_Unclassified_Information_Guide_signed_12.14.2023.pdf

This document outlines a federal contract opportunity for the Autonomy Standards and Ideals with Military Operational Values (ASIMOV) program. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking proposals to develop benchmarks to objectively and quantitatively measure the ethical difficulty of future use cases involving autonomous systems and their readiness to perform ethically within military operational scenarios. The ASIMOV program aims to create standardized metrics for evaluating not just the technical capabilities of autonomous technologies but, more importantly, their ability to function according to ethical standards. Performers will need to prototype generative modeling environments for rapidly exploring scenario variations across a spectrum of increasing ethical challenges. If successful, ASIMOV will establish the foundation for defining benchmarks to assess the ethical performance of future autonomous systems. Proposals are due by the date listed in the solicitation number HR001124S0011.