Re:DARPA now has AI-controlled F-16s working as a team in vi...
by CogitoCogito on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @03:55AM
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> Pretty sure the DoD is trying to use AI technology absolutely everywhere they can.
Exactly. This reminds me of the following quote:
"AI is whatever hasn't been done yet." -Larry Teslar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect
AI is used all over the place in the military, but we sort of ignore the boring AI used e.g. in logistics in most conversations.
All of these cases assume you have simulators that represent reality realistic enough that you can use AI approaches to find ideal solutions in the parameter spaces. Dog fights make sense since there's a lot of computational work done in the aviation industry and the environments are pretty stable, as I imagine constraints on aircrafts and pilots are probably pretty well known. Other cases may be a lot more messy to accurately model.