Debrief: As AI Agents Go To Fighter Pilot School, New Problems Arise

Bill Crump

F-16

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A new class of students are learning how to become F-16 pilots at Eglin AFB, Florida. But these students are AI-created agents. The training closely resembles the syllabus of their human counterparts. The first sorties introduced the AI agents to flying tactical intercepts—fighter pilot-speak for...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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