DARPA F-16 Dogfight Trials (1 Viewer)

[rascal]

Advanced algorithms to fly simulated F-16 dogfights against each other, Air Force pilot in online finale

https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2020-08-07

 

[simsarge]

In!

 

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Pilot buddy brought up a valid point:

Kinda cheating by letting the Pilot fly in a sim. G force tolerance is a significant advantage for AI. 

 

[mr. furley]

Pilot buddy brought up a valid point:

Kinda cheating by letting the Pilot fly in a sim. G force tolerance is a significant advantage for AI. 

there was a video floating around a while back of pilots going through G force testing and hooooooooooooly ####... pass on that experience.

 

[rascal]

The AI that won the contest just swept the USAF pilot 5-0.  And it wasn't even close.

 

[mr. furley]

USAF better get ready to hire a lot more computer programmers and e-gamers

will we see unmanned air patrols in US cities before our lives are over (next 30 - 40 years)?