[TML] Current USAF fleet was Re: CT Sup 7, Crews room sizes.

[Anthony Jackson]

Jerry W Barrington wrote:

> I'm sure that with even current top-line technology, an autonomous jet
> fighter could be built that would beat any human pilot.  As has been pointed
> out, social issues severely limit the chance of it happening soon.  Also, I
> don't think it would be as simple as a bunch of geeks interviewer and
> watching human pilots and writing a program to do the same stuff.  I expect
> it would be an "expert system" and have to be trained in much the same way a
> human pilot is: practice, practice, practice!

I suspect that it would be based on what human pilots are taught to do, 
not what human pilots actually do. The big problem with an autonomous 
combat vehicle is that computers are still pretty bad at target 
recognition; for the actual job of flying the airplane, a lot of that is 
already handled by computer, and having a computer handle the remaining 
controls wouldn't be that challenging.