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

[Tom B]

>  > 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.

Hmmm. A friend of mine in the late 80s was doing his PhD on training
neural nets to identify air vehicles at different ranges and
resolution. With enough time and training, they produced some pretty
good results. I'm betting 20 years has helped a lot. I'm not thinking
this is a very long term obstacle.

Keep in mind human pilots often make mistakes (Blackhawk = Hind,
Scimitar = BMP, PPCLI = Taliban, etc). All you have to do is manage to
be at least as good. And computers can do a lot with optical image
recognition now (they don't have to JUST rely on other data like EM
sigs, radar returns, etc).

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