The unmanned aircraft are ideal for suicide missions, the Air Force says. Human rights advocates call the autonomous lethal weapons "slaughterbots."

The US Air Force wants $5.8 billion to build 1,000 AI-driven unmanned combat aircraft, possibly more, as part of its next generation air dominance initiative::The unmanned aircraft are ideal for suicide missions, the Air Force says. Human rights advocates call the autonomous lethal weapons “slaughterbots.”

  • @ChickenstalkerEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    You’re missing the point. These drones can pull Gs that will kill a human pilot.

    • @nBodyProblemEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      You don’t think that was implied when I said they vastly outperform human pilots?

      There are numerous advantages to letting a flight computer do the piloting. Higher allowable G limits is one of them, albeit far from the most important.