All about Artificial intelligence
An experimental US fighter jet controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) has made history after beating a human pilot in a successful combat test. Despite advances, the aircraft is causing concern among military weapons experts and humanitarian groups.
The question is: what will be the limit of the influence of technology on war machines that do not require human pilots?
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The danger of autonomous weapons
Military weapons experts and the International Committee of the Red Cross are deeply alarmed by the possibility that AI will one day be able to drop bombs without human intervention and are seeking restrictions on the technology’s use.
“There are serious concerns about ceding life and death decisions to sensors and software”, warns the committee. According to the entity, the use of autonomous weapons requires “an urgent international political response”.
What drove the change?
The use of AI-enabled planes has gained momentum due to their lower cost, safety and strategic capabilities. China’s air force is also creating a fleet of unmanned flying weapons, but has not yet found a way to test it outside of a simulator (at least not officially). Another advantage is the ability to penetrate enemy airspace without risk to pilots’ lives.
Change is also driven by money. AI-controlled unmanned jets are smaller and cheaper.
F-16 fighter controlled by artificial intelligence
- AI is considered by the US Air Force to be one of the greatest advances in military aviation in recent decades.
- Americans say no other country in the world has a jet like this.
- The AI-controlled F-16 is called Vista and maneuvers at more than 880 kilometers per hour.
- The aircraft’s software learns millions of data points in a simulator and then applies the knowledge to real flights.
He came face to face with a second human-piloted F-16. Both aircraft simulated a combat situation:
Although the technology is not fully ready, the US Air Force plans to have a fleet of more than a thousand unmanned warplanes by 2028.
The information is from Euronews.
