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Re:DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16 by throw310822 on Thursday July 23, 2026 @12:07PM (#49023919)
No worries, these will all be controlled by AIs sitting in orbiting data centers part of the Starlink constellation.

And in any case, no one is building humanoid robots.

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Re:DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16 by jagged-chisel on Thursday July 23, 2026 @02:40PM (#49026203)
> no one is building humanoid robots.

https://www.agilityrobotics.com/

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Re:DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16 by bigfishrunning on Thursday July 23, 2026 @04:01PM (#49027256)
And Boston Dynamics. And Tesla. And Honda.

Lots of people are building humanoid robots.

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Re:DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16 by JanNash on Thursday July 23, 2026 @04:42PM (#49027757)
This was likely written sarcastically by the original commenter (throw...). Please termimate sarcasm with /s, not everyone is able to read the subtext. Cheers.
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Re:DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16 by olyjohn on Thursday July 23, 2026 @07:27PM (#49029455)
I dunno, the /s kinda ruins it sometimes.
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Re:DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16 by datadrivenangel on Friday July 24, 2026 @12:18AM (#49031183)
/s?
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Re:DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16 by piperflatline on Friday July 24, 2026 @01:28AM (#49031528)
super duper

/s

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Re:DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16 by lelandfe on Thursday July 23, 2026 @03:01PM (#49026501)
https://xtech.army.mil/competition/xtechhumanoid/

> The U.S. Army is seeking innovative humanoid technology solutions from eligible small and large businesses across the globe to advance toward fielded militarized humanoid capabilities through the xTechHumanoid competition

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Re:DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16 by konart on Thursday July 23, 2026 @04:00PM (#49027240)
See Robot Fighting Tournament
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