An AI just embarrassed the US Air Force in a virtual dogfight

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By Thomas MacaulayAug 21, 2020, 9:25 am68 ptsTrending
We’ve already seen AI conquer masters of chess, Go, and StarCraft II. But could it defeat an Air Force pilot in a (virtual) dogfight? DARPA has spent the last year trying to answer that question, through an aerial warfare contest called the AlphaDogfight Trials. The Pentagon’s “mad science” unit created…

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