For the first time artificial intelligence co-piloted US military aircraft
During the training flight the AI algorithm, known as ARTUµ, was associated with a human officer of the organization who was piloting the spy plane, being the AI system “responsible for the use of sensors and tactical navigation”.
Artificial intelligence helped co-pilot a U-2 “Dragon Lady” spy plane during a test flight on Tuesday. This is the first time it has been used in this way on board an American military aircraft.
The dominance of artificial intelligence or “AI” is considered increasingly critical for the future of war and Air Force officials said the training flight represented an important milestone.
“The Air Force flew with AI as a crew member aboard a military aircraft for the first time, on December 15”” the institution said in a statement. In addition, he noted that it marked “a big step forward for national defense in the digital age.”
The AI algorithm, known as” ARTUµ”, was developed by researchers at the Federal Laboratory of the U-2 Air Combat Command of the Air Force. The AI system was “ trained ( … ) to execute specific tasks in flight that would otherwise be performed by the pilot,” they stressed.
Co-pilots
During the training flight this Tuesday, the artuµ algorithm was associated with a human officer of the organization who was piloting the aircraft, being the AI system “responsible for the use of sensors and tactical navigation”.
“Together they flew a reconnaissance mission during a simulated missile attack. ARTUµ’s primary responsibility was to find enemy launchers while the pilot was on the lookout for threatening aircraft, both sharing the U-2’s radar,” they said in the statement.
Air Force officers touted the training flight as a great achievement. “Putting AI in charge of a U.S. military system for the first time marks the beginning of a new era of algorithmic competition and human-machine equipment,” they said.
Terrain in the armies
A Pentagon report released earlier this year noted that “China considers AI to be critical to its future military and industrial power” and that Beijing “is making strategic investments around the world in AI to reap economic and National Security benefits.”
“China has achieved targets on AI-enabled unmanned surface vessels, which it plans to use to patrol and reinforce its territorial claims in the South China Sea. They have tested unmanned tanks as part of research efforts to integrate AI into the ground forces equipment,“ the report added.
In two speeches separated earlier this month, the chairman of the Joint chiefs, general Mark Milley, stated that artificial intelligence and robotics will play an important role in the future of military conflicts in the next 10 to 15 years.
“Artificial intelligence: it is an incredibly powerful technology that is coming very, very fast, not only in civil society in the commercial world, but it will have tremendously powerful applications in the military,” Milley commented in a speech.
“Perhaps in 10 to 15 years at the most, you will see the widespread and ubiquitous use of robots in most armies of the world,“ he declared in a second speech.
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