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There Will Be No "Top Gun 3." Combat Drone Autonomous AI Fighter Pilots are Here
What could go wrong?
For several years, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has been training AI pilots.
While the bulk of the training has taken place in simulators, where millions of virtual test flights can be conducted in a day, the algorithm recently flew "a successful three-hour sortie" in the real world, at the Eglin Test and Training Complex.
The AI pilot flew the XQ-58A Valkyrie, "a low cost, high performance unmanned air vehicle… built at a cost that permits it to be a combat loss." The idea is that the Valkyrie would be sent to fly dangerous missions, sparing actual pilots and expensive fighter craft.
"This long range aircraft is designed for high speeds and agile maneuverability, enabling it to perform a variety of missions. It is runway-independent, offering maximum operational flexibility to the warfighter."
As for the "runway-independent" bit, the Valkyrie is launched from a mobile rocket platform, and later recovered by parachute.
Here's the Air Force explaining the benefits of having AI fighter pilots:
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Hey remember the USAF colonel who said they had some teething issues with the AI they were testing where it would turn and fire on the human control when it thought the human control was interfering in its mission? And then a bunch of AI acolytes cried about how the news media was blowing it out of proportion? And the the colonel came out and said the words he had said were "taken out of context"? Yeah, we're not gonna be told when there's a problem with these things until its too late.