In 2020, an AI beat an experienced F-16 pilot five to nothing in a DARPA simulator contest. The simulator had its own rules: a narrow hit cone, no need to pull a trigger, and, according to Aviation Week, two safety rules from real training were left out.
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– DARPA, AlphaDogfight Trials, Aug 26, 2020:
– Pope et al., arXiv 2105.00990:
– Aviation Week, 2020:
– The War Zone (Colin Price):
Video: U.S. Air Force via DVIDS (public domain). Use of this material does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Air Force or the Department of Defense. Narration uses an AI-generated voice.
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