107. SPECIAL FEATURE: ‘In the cockpit with AI’ from In Machines We Trust

An episode from ‘In Machines We Trust’ from MIT Technology Review. 

How we train fighter pilots—both real and artificial—is undergoing a series of rapid changes. In order for these systems to be useful we need to trust them, but figuring out just how, when and why remains a massive challenge. Jennifer Strong reports on how AI is being used to teach human pilots to perform some of the most dangerous and difficult maneuvers in aerial combat.