An A.I. named "ALPHA," made by a company called Psibernetix, has apparently impressed the U.S. Air Force by repeatedly splashing a (human) fighter pilot in dogfight simulations. I swear I'm not tricking you into reading my movie script pitch here. Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Gene "Geno" Lee is a U.S. Fighter Weapons School graduate, an experienced combat pilot, and an instructor who's apparently trained thousands of other pilots in the American armed services. He's shot down his share of targets, simulated and presumably otherwise, but in a series of simulated air combat missions against ALPHA he could not prevail, Lee told the University of Cincinnati Magazine: I was surprised at how aware and reactive it was. It seemed to be aware of my intentions and reacting instantly to my changes in flight and my missile deployment.