Artificial intelligence won the dogfight against a human being led by military engineers from China. A fighter jet piloted by an operator was pitted against a drone controlled by artificial intelligence (AI). Initially the operator had the advantage, but the AI ​​managed to take the initiative in a tough close-range fight.

At the initial stage of the war, the initiative belonged to the operator, but the artificial intelligence used the neural network to counterattack the enemy UAV and take position next to it. The aircraft under the operator’s control tried to descend quickly, but the artificial intelligence did not respond to this provocation and hid in ambush and waited for the pilot to raise his plane again. The operator tried a few more tactics, but failed to win with artificial intelligence.

The researchers noted that autonomous decision-making aircraft could completely outpace humans in terms of reaction speed and accuracy in predicting the development of a combat situation that gives them an advantage in close-range combat. This is especially important in the future, when more than 25-40% of air battles will be conducted at close range, thanks to the development of electronic tracking technologies. Therefore, the study of such combat encounters is an important task for the future.