Machine Beat Man in DARPAs AlphaDogfight Trials. Now What?

Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 11 a.m.

The Defense Department has a well-documented interest in bringing artificial intelligence to fruition so human operators can focus on high-level decisions while the tech takes care of the rest. But there\u2019s a significant hurdle: If people don\u2019t trust AI, the technology won\u2019t be useful. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency\u2019s Air Combat Evolution program is not only bringing AI to the cockpit, it\u2019s also figuring out how to measure trust so that AI can be tailor-made for pilots to create a symbiotic human-machine team.