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Iffykindofguy t1_j8igysh wrote

So if an AI is piloting it does that make it a drone?

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Dalembert OP t1_j8iis04 wrote

That's actually a really good question. What do you think? Maybe drone will be replacing every other word like "helicopter", "fighter jet". They'll just all be a different kinds of drones.

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Iffykindofguy t1_j8jc3xd wrote

Actually, I guess Im dumb because the drone part is describing the remote human. Cut out the remote human and its something else.

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SomeNoveltyAccount t1_j8k7osw wrote

>Im dumb because the drone part is describing the remote human.

Not at all, we'd just call it an autonomous drone until we come up with a shorter catchier name as they become more common.

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Shaman_Ko t1_j8jep6k wrote

Hollywood: (creates terminator series to warn humans)
Humans: "that's fear mongering"
Also humans: proceeds to create ai attack helicopter drones

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Girafferage t1_j8jcuvx wrote

This was my first thought. Including a cockpit and systems to keep a human comfortable and alive and safe are honestly a waste of space. If anything it should be a drone with ground control options as a backup in the event of a problem. That would be safer than having a pilot there in case of a problem anyway.

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odder_sea t1_j8nmll8 wrote

You can't always have guaranteed communication with any aircraft, bandwidth limitations, weather, jamming, and just signal strength limitations.

One of the issues with some strikes historically has been the limited data sent back fir decision making.

Result- a lot of collateral damage, as people in the ground make quick decisions with grainy videos and limited supporting data, which leads to lots of collateral and civilian deaths.

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