Re:AI slays top F-16 pilot in DARPA dogfight simulation
by XorNot on Friday August 21, 2020 @11:39AM
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Except an AI tweak which changes behavior enough can be rolled out - let's face it - probably via a wi-fi update within minutes (aviation is, ironically, pretty simply compared to self-driving cars - we're not talking about big algorithms in a lot of cases).
The side with AI planes is just looking up K/D ratios on their telemetry from the planes. The other side is losing pilots.
One other thing to note is that there will not be a unique AI in every individual jet; that would be impossible to maintain. There will be one version rolled out to each type of jet, maybe with a few customization options that can be changed during mission planning. When a new AI version comes out of testing it will get rolled out to every plane in the fleet that has the required computing power- some jets used for training/reserve/national guard duties won't have the latest hardware upgrades and won't get the newest version. So a pilot will be able to ID a jet, know where it is generally strong and weak, and then try to target the enemy's weakness while avoiding the strengths. Sometimes they'll lose, but once enough people have survived encounters with AI jets (either from exploiting stolen jets or from plain old combat) the best practices will get pushed to the other squadrons. Just like what already happens.