US Air Force Secretary so confident in AI-controlled F-16s, he'll fly in one(theregister.com)
theregister.com
US Air Force Secretary so confident in AI-controlled F-16s, he'll fly in one
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/10/usaf_ai_f16_tests/
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And this is how you get skynet haha. Seriously though this is very cool and an astounding technical achievement, albeit kinda scary and a bit dystopian. :/
Pretty neat. I wonder if the airframe can pull more G's with the pilot absent.
It's a complicated answer, but yes and no. A pilot needs to warm up in order to pull the high Gs as rated by the airframe. In addition, you can only pull the rated G-force for the plane for so long before blacking out. In addition, the plane has to be re-certified after going over a certain G rating.
I recall hearing that yes, they could, but it will wear out the airframe faster. Like all engineering projects, they are designed within constraints. Of course this is frame dependent, but it also means new airframes designed without pilots in mind are now possible.
One somewhat disappointing thing about being a miltech "fan" is how few things are truly "new" F-16s have been around since before I was born, and will likely be in service in some ways after I'm gone - just without the human inside. It is simultaneously very cool and lame.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_...