DARPA wants to automate aerial dogfighting with AI wingman
David Szondy
May 13th, 2019
DARPA has launched an initiative to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) that can engage in dogfighting aerial combat. Despite its Terminator-like description, the purpose isn't to create some sort of Skynet cybernetic fighter ace, but rather to produce an AI wingman that human pilots can trust to watch their backs while they handle command decisions.
Artificial intelligence has made great strides in recent decades and now DARPA wants to install an AI in unmanned or man-optional aircraft that is so sophisticated that it can handle one of the hardest of fighter pilot tasks – aerial combat. In some ways, this challenge is pushing the current envelope of what AI can accomplish, though in others, dogfighting is well suited to the technology's strengths.
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