The ins and outs of self-driving vehicles have been much in the news, as have concerns over software systems taking over jobs. Â
In the same vein comes news of .  ALPHA, a system developed at the University of Cininnati, has outflown human pilots such as retired US Air Force Colonel Gene Lee. Â
In past decades, Lee has flown against software in simulations and always managed to figure out and exploit its weaknesses. Â In recent simulated tests with ALPHA, however, Lee was shot down in every encounter, even when the software was handicapped with inferior weapons or speeds. Â
ALPHA runs on standard computer gaming components, its software using Genetic Fuzzy Tree algorithms (and not the more topical ²¹±è±è°ù´Ç²¹³¦³ó).Ìý
Immediate plans are for further development against other pilots and in more realistic simulations. Â In the longer term, a system like ALPHA may be integrated into fighter planes as a kind of assistant ("your AI dogfight wingman"?) Â The endgame, of course, is likely autonomous flight.
But, don't worry, ! Â ALPHA will never be able to describe its exploits in a bar using its hands for planes like a real pilot.