# AI Should Supply the What Where and When by Jerry Laurienti > "Perhaps the most profound and notable comments I hear from analysts today is that they want AI to readily provide three of the ‘Four Ws’—the ‘what’, ‘where’ and ‘when’—so that they can spend their time on the ‘why’—and ultimately the ‘so what’ for the customer." > **— Jerry Laurienti**, *February 5, 2026, GEOINT, AI and Analysis* ## Sources and Context - **Direct official source and complete contiguous wording:** [GEOINT, AI and Analysis](https://www.leidos.com/insights/geoint-ai-and-analysis-achieving-speed-mission-human-analysts-guardians) — Laurienti reports how analysts divide computational extraction from contextual judgment. - **Routing classification:** CT-enabling GEOINT. This label describes the quotation's relationship to the counterterrorism technology stack; it does not alter the speaker's wording or claim that every cited system has a direct counterterrorism mission. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/A History of Machine Intelligence|A History of Machine Intelligence]] - **Article:** [[articles/Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures|Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Multi-INT Fusion|Multi-INT Fusion]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Perhaps the most profound and notable comments I hear from analysts today is that they want AI to readily provide three of the ‘Four Ws’—the ‘what’, ‘where’ and ‘when’—so that they can spend their time on the ‘why’—and ultimately the ‘so what’ for the customer." — Jerry Laurienti, February 5, 2026, GEOINT, AI and Analysis https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ct-architecture-ai-should-supply-the-what-where-and-when ```