【10月29日】看軍聞學英語

■刀客

原文：

In a 5 to 0 sweep, an AI 'pilot' developed by Heron Systems beat one of the Air Force's top F-16 fighter pilots in DARPA's simulated aerial dogfight contest taking place from Aug. 18-20, 2020.

AI still has a long way to go before the Air Force pilots would be ready to hand over the stick to an artificial intelligence during combat, said DARPA officials. But the three-day trials show that AI systems can credibly maneuver an aircraft in a simple, one-on-one combat scenario and shoot its forward guns in a classic, WWII-style dogfight. It was an impressive showing by an AI agent after only a year of development.

中譯：

美國「國防先進研究計畫局」於2020年8月18至20日舉辦的模擬空戰競賽，由「蒼鷺系統」所開發的人工智慧飛行員，擊敗F-16戰機其中一名頂尖飛行員，以直落五大獲全勝。

該機構官員表示，美國空軍飛行員在準備將空戰的重任交付給人工智慧（AI）之前，AI仍有好一段長路要走。但由這三天來的試驗可知，在簡單、一對一的戰鬥模擬情境中，AI系統可以穩當地操控飛機，並以前置機砲，實施風靡於二戰的空中格鬥。AI代理飛行員僅經過一年的研發就展現如此成果，著實令人佩服。

─關鍵軍語─

※DARPA:

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

※maneuver:

Carefully guide or manipulate to achieve an end.

例句：

It is important to maneuver the vessel while considering the rounding up leeway angle when navigating in a channel without the assistance of tugs under wind pressure.

當船隻在航道內行駛、遭遇風壓而無拖船協助時，操控船隻時就得注意，要將偏航角修正回來。