Posted on Dec 17, 2020
AI Copilot Based On Gaming Software Takes Flight
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Air Force acquisition czar Will Roper’s long-held vision of an AI co-pilot –– a real-world version of Star Wars’ famous R2D2 droid — took a step closer to reality last night, with a flight test of artificial intelligence technology working as a crew member on a U-2 spy plane.
“This is cool. An AI “guy in the back” sharing the mission load is a real step forward,” commented Mark Gunzinger, Mitchell Institute director of future concepts, in an email.
“I think it’s fantastic,” ‘Hawk’ Carlisle, head of the National Defense Industrial Association and a retired general who ran Air Combat Command from 2014-2017, told me in an interview today. “I think most everybody sees it as a continuation the evolution that’s occurred so far” in fourth and fifth generation fighters — an evolution “that makes that person in the loop, that young woman, or young man, that much more effective, that much more capable.”
“This is cool. An AI “guy in the back” sharing the mission load is a real step forward,” commented Mark Gunzinger, Mitchell Institute director of future concepts, in an email.
“I think it’s fantastic,” ‘Hawk’ Carlisle, head of the National Defense Industrial Association and a retired general who ran Air Combat Command from 2014-2017, told me in an interview today. “I think most everybody sees it as a continuation the evolution that’s occurred so far” in fourth and fifth generation fighters — an evolution “that makes that person in the loop, that young woman, or young man, that much more effective, that much more capable.”
AI Copilot Based On Gaming Software Takes Flight
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Thank you my friend Lt Col Charlie Brown that Air Force acquisition czar Will Roper’s long-held vision of an AI co-pilot –– a real-world version of Star Wars’ famous R2D2 droid — took a step closer to reality last night, with a flight test of artificial intelligence technology working as a crew member on a U-2 spy plane.
“This is cool. An AI “guy in the back” sharing the mission load is a real step forward,” commented Mark Gunzinger, Mitchell Institute director of future concepts, in an email.
FYI Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Marty Hogan TSgt Joe C. TSgt David L. SGT Steve McFarland SPC Nancy Greene SPC Woody Bullard SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D SPC Michael Terrell PO2 (Join to see) CPL Dave Hoover CWO3 Dave Alcantara
“This is cool. An AI “guy in the back” sharing the mission load is a real step forward,” commented Mark Gunzinger, Mitchell Institute director of future concepts, in an email.
FYI Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Marty Hogan TSgt Joe C. TSgt David L. SGT Steve McFarland SPC Nancy Greene SPC Woody Bullard SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D SPC Michael Terrell PO2 (Join to see) CPL Dave Hoover CWO3 Dave Alcantara
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
I think that in difficult situations and/or poor weather, having an AI co-pilot can be a real help. I would love Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen 's view on this.
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