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AI pilot bests human F-16 pilot

#1 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Aug 21, 2020 3:30 pm

An AI pilot has defeated a US Air Force pilot in a virtual F-16 dogfight in a "coming of age" moment for artificial intelligence.

The US military's AlphaDogfight Trials was organised by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) - a secretive branch of the US Department of Defense responsible for the development of futuristic technologies.

It sought to demonstrate the "feasibility of developing effective, intelligent autonomous agents capable of defeating adversary aircraft in a dogfight."


The winning AI pilot, developed by Heron Systems, defeated other AI adversaries before going on to beat a human pilot wearing a VR helmet by a score of 5 - 0 in the final.

"We've gotten an opportunity to watch AI come of age [against] a very credible adversary in the human pilot," said Col. Dan Javorsek, program manager in Darpa's Strategic Technology Office.
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#2 Post by Boac » Fri Aug 21, 2020 5:11 pm

5-Nil: Well,TGG, it was a USAF pilot.............

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#3 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:15 pm

Boac wrote:
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5-Nil: Well,TGG, it was a USAF pilot.............
I am apt to agree Boac. A decent English sort in a decent British aircraft like the Lightning and the silicon minion would have cried "run away, run away!" 😉

US Air Force pantywaists! 😂
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#4 Post by Boac » Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:31 pm

Even the Harrier wiped the arses of the F-15s.

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#5 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Aug 22, 2020 7:53 am

Not one outraged ex USAF pilot here... sigh! =))
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#6 Post by Boac » Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:24 am

Don't think we have any!

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#7 Post by ian16th » Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:48 pm

Boac wrote:
Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:24 am
Don't think we have any!
Our resident tanker driver has gorn all quite.

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#8 Post by llondel » Sun Aug 23, 2020 12:37 am

This is the start of the story where everyone is using AI and there's stalemate because they can all figure out each other's moves, then someone throws in a hotshot human pilot who uses unpredictable tactics and beats the crap out of the enemy.

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#9 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Aug 23, 2020 3:45 am

llondel wrote:
Sun Aug 23, 2020 12:37 am
This is the start of the story where everyone is using AI and there's stalemate because they can all figure out each other's moves, then someone t
hrows in a hotshot human pilot who uses unpredictable
tactics and beats the crap out of the enemy.
Or alternatively some complete duffer of a pilot who uses such inane tactics, which are also unpredictable, that they cause the AI algorithm to fail!
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#10 Post by Boac » Sun Aug 23, 2020 7:42 am

That's how I worked.

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