Re:US Defense Department Lets AI Pilot Take Stick of F16 Jet...
by aliyfarah on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @03:14PM
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The entire practicality of airborne AI weapons systems in a hostile environment is still very questionable imo. Would the US really send off a B-21 Raider with a $700mn unit price into a battlefield without a pilot? Or even a f35 at $100mn each?
These AI pilot systems haven’t even seen 1st gen countermeasures. If the Iranians managed to spoof US military’s most advanced stealth unmanned drone (at the time) [1], bring it down and reverse engineer it, that should be a wake up call on how vulnerable these systems that rely on sensors are.
The US won’t even send ancient Abrams tanks to Ukraine out of fear their secret sauce armour lands in the hands of their foes. If you can’t send your best weapons then what’s the point?
These AI pilot systems haven’t even seen 1st gen countermeasures. If the Iranians managed to spoof US military’s most advanced stealth unmanned drone (at the time) [1], bring it down and reverse engineer it, that should be a wake up call on how vulnerable these systems that rely on sensors are.
The US won’t even send ancient Abrams tanks to Ukraine out of fear their secret sauce armour lands in the hands of their foes. If you can’t send your best weapons then what’s the point?
[1] https://www.militaryaerospace.com/computers/article/16715072...