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This AI-controlled jet fighter has now flown against human pilots
An AI test pilot has successfully flown a jet fighter in dogfights against human opponents. It's the latest development for DARPA's Air Combat Evaluation program, which is trying to develop aerospace AI agents that can be trusted to perform safely. Human test pilots have a bit of a reputation thanks to popular culture—from The Right Stuff to Top Gun: Maverick, the profession has been portrayed as a place for loose cannons with a desire to go fast and break the rules. The reality is… (arstechnica.com) Altro...
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Movies such as "top gun" are such trash, misrepresenting the combat pilot's motivations and conduct in the air and on the ground. Non-pilots get some vicarious buzz, pilots not so much. Jet fighter pilots exebit all the jocularity of brain surgeons also when working. Right stuff was more documentary, less frivolity.
