Aug 28, 2020
With Season 3 drawing to a close, Andy and Dave decided to focus
this discussion entirely on the latest results from DARPA’s Air
Combat Evolution (ACE) program. On 20 August, DARPA held a contest
between 8 competitors, and pitted their AI agents in simulated
combat against each other, and against a human pilot (who used a VR
system). Heron Systems won the event, beating out the other AI
agents, and also not allowing the human pilot to attain a valid
targeting solution. Andy and Dave discuss the results, the
limitations, and the broader context of these results in light of
other research and announcements.
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