Yes, AI can fly a drone and fire weapons. That is easy and requires a couple axis of controls and one or two 'buttons', logically speaking. Things AI cannot do

Yes, AI can fly a drone and fire weapons. That is easy and requires a couple axis of controls and one or two 'buttons', logically speaking. Things AI cannot do: Maintaining the drone. parts logistics. transportation. runway building. soldering. Taking off the screws and pulling out the board to do the soldering. Diagnosing issues. AI is great for simple, repetitive tasks few only a few degrees of freedom. Flying/Driving/boating are great uses for AI. There are alot of threats from explosive-laden drone swarms. We are still a thousand years to never from seeing some sort of self-replicating drone army. Your example is a function so simple it applies to pre-AI tech. Laser guided bombs and precision guided missiles require no human operator and have been around for half a century.