DARPA's AI test pilot successfully flew a dogfight against a human
After flying against simulated opponents, the AI agent has taken on humans.
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After flying against simulated opponents, the AI agent has taken on humans.
entering the cockpit. In August 2020, DARPA’s AlphaDogfight trials—a series of AI experiments inside a simulated fighter jet cockpit—pitted an Air Force F-16 pilot against an AI pilot in a virtual dogfight. In a blow to fighter pilot egos everywhere, man lost to machine...five times in a row. But it wasn’t a real battle. Nobody knows that better than USAF Colonel Dan “Animal” Javorsek, the manager for DARPA’s Air Combat Evaluation (ACE) program. “We envision a future in which AI handles the split-second maneuvering during within-visual-range dogfights, keeping pilots safer a...