no Pilot, no Crew, AI does all the flying

[turkeydance]

(well, no one onboard, anyway)

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Air Force Research Laboratory led a successful three-hour sortie,
July 25, 2023, demonstrating the first-ever flight of artificial intelligence agents
(algorithms) controlling a XQ-58A Valkyrie uncrewed aircraft.

AI successfully pilots XQ-58 aircraft at Eglin

First-ever flight of artificial intelligence agents (algorithms) controlling an uncrewed aircraft.

www.eglin.af.mil

 

[Catfish]

Whatever happens, it not like we weren't warned. Because we were warned.

 

[Scooterrolls]

Sadly it's coming to get us, the science fiction writers were right!

 

[Dan0311]

So instead of remotely-piloted, these things take off, fly for 3 hours, then land by themselves? Interesting.

I have a drone that can do that, but only for about 30 minutes.

 

[Jp8819]

Google autosteer tractor crashes and look at the images. Google self driving car crashes. Are you ready to trust the technology and get on it yet?

 

[dmarbell]

So instead of remotely-piloted, these things take off, fly for 3 hours, then land by themselves? Interesting.

I have a drone that can do that, but only for about 30 minutes.

You don't have a trillion dollar budget, then do you?

 

[Dan0311]

You don't have a trillion dollar budget, then do you?

Maybe if I sold a few of my higher-end guns......

I was just meaning that the technology has been around - and available for all - for many years. I'm actually surprised that this announcement didn't come a decade ago.

 

[ES44AC]

Google autosteer tractor crashes and look at the images. Google self driving car crashes. Are you ready to trust the technology and get on it yet?

That would be a NO 👎

 

[Amanda4461]

You can buy SuperCruise on the new Yukon/Tahoe for $4,800+/- and pay a monthly fee to let the suv drive you headfirst at warp speed into a bridge support, if you be a lazy slob who has to be texting instead of driving.
Teslas? They like to rear-end other non-Teslas and drive over pedestrians.
I guess if someone can dream up an idiotic feature, an idiot somewhere will make it reality, eventually.
Where the heck is my WarpDrive? Scotty, load up those Lithium Crystals🤬

 

[NCLivingBrit]

 

[dmarbell]

Maybe if I sold a few of my higher-end guns......

I'll donate one to your cause if you let me take a turn at the joystick. (In my best "Rain Man") I'm a good pilot, I'm a very good pilot.

 

[Lager]

We have been using that technology for years sort of in hospital transport helicopters. They will auto take off, hover then get you your destination and then land them selves. I learned this from a Hospital transport worker, he's actually the medic sitting in the back caring for the patient and is not a pilot. He can actually control the helicopter using a touch screen pad in the back of the heli in case the only and single pilot cannot for some reason.