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AI-powered fighter jet kept up with a human pilot during the Air Force's experiment
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:04 pm
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:04 pm
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The US Air Force conducted a historic test flight on Thursday of its AI-powered X-62A VISTA autonomous warplane.
The flight over Edwards Air Force Base, for which Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall sat in the cockpit, ran through several combat exercises and aerial battle scenarios, per The Associated Press. The outlet reported that the AI-powered aircraft, which has flown roughly two dozen flights since testing began in September, has begun to outperform human pilots in some scenarios.
The AP reported that in the Thursday flight, the X-62A VISTA plane went "nearly nose to nose" with a human-piloted F-16 as they maneuvered within 1,000 feet of each other at speeds of more than 550 miles per hour.
While humanitarian groups have expressed deep concern about putting life-and-death decisions in the hands of an AI-powered craft, Kendall stressed that AI is already restructuring global warfare strategies whether we like it or not.
"It's a security risk not to have it. At this point, we have to have it," Kendall told AP after he landed.
AP reported that the US Air Force is betting big on AI, investing in a fleet of 1,000 unmanned drones to perform riskier maneuvers than are possible with manned craft, with the first operating in 2028
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Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:05 pm to hikingfan
There is no way that we ever regret this. No way at all.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:07 pm to hikingfan
The future of warfare is both fascinating and terrifying at the same time.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:07 pm to hikingfan
They made a movie about this and the plane tried to blow the world up.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:12 pm to hikingfan
How is this not a bad idea? FFS.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:14 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:14 pm to hikingfan
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several combat exercises and aerial battle scenarios,
What about exercises it wasn't programed for?
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:19 pm to StringedInstruments
Another reason to live in Louisiana. No enemy would waste a bomb blowing it up
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:25 pm to Hank R Hill
Uh BR and Baytown are definitely getting hit when the time comes
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:27 pm to Dixie Normus
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They made a movie about this and the plane tried to blow the world up.
Stealth, right?
Decent movie about an AI plane that predictably goes rogue. Incubus did a song for it called “Make a Move” that’s pretty good.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:43 pm to hikingfan
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investing in a fleet of 1,000 unmanned drones to perform riskier maneuvers than are possible with manned craft, with the first operating in 2028
They done been doing this for a few minutes homey.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:07 pm to HeadSlash
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What about exercises it wasn't programed for?
only good for one mission if it can’t fill its own fuel tank
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:19 pm to Hank R Hill
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Another reason to live in Louisiana. No enemy would waste a bomb blowing it up
Yeah one of the most active ports in the country will be ignored.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:19 pm to hikingfan
surprised it was that even when it could easily out G a human.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:27 pm to TDsngumbo
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The future of warfare is both fascinating and terrifying at the same time.
Hard to imagine what that will entail, but I’d imagine the people who might understand were the ones who witnessed the turn of the 20th century that war and combat go from single shot rifles with men charging directly at one another in battle turn into high caliber machine guns mowing down thousands in minutes, artillery strikes, bombs dropped from the sky, etc.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:28 pm to ninthward
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surprised it was that even when it could easily out G a human.
Doesn’t have to beat “humans”, just our enemies
Now with that being said, in scenarios against smaller adversaries, AI weapons will be useless… boots on the ground will decide things
The odds are never that we’ll go to war against the nations whom these fighters will be effective against
This post was edited on 5/5/24 at 9:34 pm
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:28 pm to hikingfan
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:29 pm to hikingfan
We’ve been studying UFOs for years so this doesn’t surprise me. Our human physical limitations wouldn’t allow us to fly in those machines. Well, cats out of the bag now. AI will fill the skies with airframes we’ve been sensitized to through Hollywood. You really think we are spending two trillion $ to replace 5th gen fighters with the F-35? It only makes sense to show a sleight of hand now to Russia and China. We want them to believe this is all new to us. Put on a show with some goofball AF brass. Nope, there’s a much more sinister force buried deep in the desert that is waiting to unleash hell.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:35 pm to hikingfan
I think we should go back to muskets and cannons IMO.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 10:00 pm to hikingfan
How is this surprising?
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