AI Becomes Co-Pilot of US Military Aircraft for the First Time in History – One big leap in the world of aerospace made by the United States Air Force (US), USAF. For the first time in history, the USAF uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) or artificial intelligence as a Copilot for their military aircraft.
The USAF said they did so on a military aircraft during flight drills this week.
To understand, AI refers to the power of machines to perform tasks that generally require human intelligence, such as learning from experiences, making predictions, recognizing schemas and other problem solving roles.
In its release, the USAF verified that AI algorithms were used to adjust the sensors and navigation mechanisms of the U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance aircraft during a training flight at Beale Air Force Base in California.
The aircraft used during the tests were assigned to the ninth Reconnaissance Wing at the airbase. It was a single jet engine, a high-altitude aircraft that provided all-weather intelligence gathering.
“This flight identifies a major leap forward for national defense due to the artificial intelligence of flying aboard a military aircraft for the first time in the history of the Department of Defense. The AI algorithm, enhanced by the U-2 Air Combat Instruction Federation Laboratory, trains the AI to perform special in-flight tasks that pilots are supposed to do,” the USAF notes in the release.
“The flight is part of a specially crafted scenario that pits AI against other active computer algorithms to demonstrate the power of the new technology, and its power to work in human settings,” it said. 2022).(Also see: AI Robots Ask Putin: Can AI Robots Become President?)
According to the USAF, the AI mechanism called ARTUµ is used for the use of sensors and tactical navigation. The special responsibility of the mechanism is to recognize the opponent’s launcher.
The plane was still being driven by the pilot, and no weapons were trapped. However, after takeoff, sensor control is handled by ARTUµ, which has learned how to achieve sensor direction from more than 1/2 million computer-simulated training iterations.
“We know that in order to fight and win tomorrow’s clashes with comparable opponents, we must have a decisive digital advantage,” said US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. in removing it.
“AI will play an important role in achieving that lead, so I’m really happy with the team’s gain. We have to speed up the overhaul and that only happens when our Airmen exceed the limit on something we thought was possible,” he added.
The issue noted that AI technology is designed to be easily transferable to other systems and is expected to be able to change the air and space domains.
“Combining the skill of a pilot with the power of engine evaluation, this monumental flight immediately answered National Defense Tactics’ call to invest in autonomous mechanisms,” said Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett.
“Developments in artificial intelligence will replace the air and space domains,” he added.
According to an article by Popular Mechanics, ARTUµ is based on an open source software algorithm called Zero. The accessible algorithm was planned by AI research firm DeepMind, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, the Washington Post reported.
Source: sindonews.com
