The US military wants AI to dream up weird new helicopters
A DARPA project aims to see if machine learning can change the way complex engineering systems are designed.
by Jackie Snow March 19, 2018
AI can already dream up imaginary celebrities, so perhaps it can help the Army imagine revolutionary new engine parts or aircraft, too.
That’s the goal of a new project from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the research wing of the US Defense Department. DARPA wants entrants to rethink the way complex components are designed by combining recent advances in machine learning with fundamental tenets of math and engineering.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610454/the-us-military-wants-ai-to-dream-up-weird-new-helicopters/
