On June 27, the official website of the University of Cincinnati said that the artificial intelligence (AI) developed by the university “Alpha” shot down the fourth-generation aircraft supported by early warning and control aircraft piloted by retired U.S. Army Colonel Robert Keane, who has extensive experience in air combat, in an air combat simulator. The news drew the attention of military experts in many countries. Artificial intelligence has become a hot topic since alphaGo, developed by Google, fought against Lee Se-dol, the world’s top go player. Some experts predict that the rapid development of artificial intelligence and its application in the military field will change the mode of human warfare.
The alfa that beat Keane is said to be an early version, but if it is replaced with a more mature version, its results will be more prominent. Why did Alpha win? Because, each confrontation, “Alpha” will remember the response of the other party and countermeasures, through data calculation to find the best countermeasures, and in the shortest time to make decisions, take action. Colonel Keane, who lost a mock air battle, said it was the most aggressive, agile and varied opponent he had ever seen.
Compared with Alpha, human pilots are not only unable to withstand loads of more than 9G and fly for a long time, but also prone to errors due to fatigue, psychological stress and other factors. Alpha has a very low probability of errors. As a result, future Alphas can be designed for maximum combat effectiveness without considering factors such as the physical limitations of human pilots, which is a win in terms of preconditions. Moreover, Alfa is able to consider the best tactical plan in a dynamic environment and make precise reactions 250 times faster than a human pilot.
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Future air combat, the reaction time will be more and more short, until beyond the limits of human, and “alpha” is well adapted to the change, it can be connected to the Internet to handle the air situational awareness, judging the problem such as weapons and tactics selection, use, also has at the same time from dozens of enemy missile attacks, the enemy to fight back, As well as the ability to coordinate with teammates, record actions, and observe enemy tactics. Alfa also has automatic learning capabilities to improve its actual combat capabilities.
Alfa has a lot of power but little hardware. It runs on a $500 PC, and it is expensive to train a full-fledged fighter pilot. Therefore, it will become a development trend to replace manned aircraft with “Alpha”. The future battlefield is likely to be the battlefield of red and blue Alphas, with planes, tanks and warships likely to be operated by Alphas. At present, the US military is building artificial intelligence electronic warfare system, which will produce a new way of electronic warfare. In the past, electronic warfare used to collect waveform data from an opponent’s radar, send it to a laboratory for analysis, write jamming files for specific purposes, and then deploy it to an electronic warfare platform, a process that could take months or even years. The ARTIFICIAL intelligence electronic warfare system being researched by the US army can know the enemy’s radar dynamics in real time, and then write new jamming files immediately, which can be quickly configured to the electronic warfare platform. In addition, the whole process of perception, learning and adaptation is continuous until the enemy’s radar system is paralyzed.
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We must pay close attention to the fact that alphas will inevitably change the shape of war when they enter the battlefield. Now, in terms of artificial intelligence technology, there is not much gap between China and the world’s first-class countries, but it is necessary to see its influence in the military field and know it not to develop, play a good first move, master the core technology, in order to ensure the national defense and security of our country.