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That's the problem with the recent overloading of the term "AI", I have no clue what this means. Are we talking about building and training an ML model? Did som

That's the problem with the recent overloading of the term "AI", I have no clue what this means. Are we talking about building and training an ML model? Did some general use chatGPT and told their assistant "I need this to pilot a drone"? This is an interesting - albeit terrorizing - concept, but I have trouble understanding what it means in practice

LinuxBender 3y ago
Well for the money I would hope they at least come close to the drones from the movie Oblivion [1]. Even better if they can communicate out of band using the same sounds for psychological effect. Those drones could work together as a team those scenes missing from the linked clip. I hope that is the AI they are going for. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEby9OkePpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEby9OkePpg [video][3 min 33 sec]
FetusP 3y ago
Reading the article, it makes me think that they are making a real life aimbot for the Air Force. It is getting silly though. Makes conversations with less than tech savvy people a little difficult lately since it's such a hot topic
voxic11 3y ago
Yes its a ML model. > One of the U.S. Air Force's stealthy XQ-58A Valkyrie drones recently completed a successful test flight demonstrating the ability to carry out aerial combat tasks autonomously using new artificial intelligence-driven software. The service says the test is part of a tiered approach to maturing autonomy "agents," which involves training algorithms millions of times first in simulations and other testing. This includes the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, or CCA, a key part of the larger Next Generation Air Dominance modernization initiative. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/xq-58-valkyrie-solves-air-combat-challenge-problem-while-under-ai-control https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/xq-58-valkyrie-solves-...
hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
Somewhat related, Google has been using LLMs to train robots: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/28/23811109/google-smart-robot-generative-ai https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/28/23811109/google-smart-rob...
ilaksh 3y ago
I think it's a combination of ML to steer the craft and coordinate the assets. Eventually there will be something a bit like DeepMind's StarCraft AI. Probably with a text interface. They might even get that technology from DeepMind.
HWR_14 3y ago
They are talking about building 2,000 drones, 30ft long. That they will be piloted by AI is interesting, but not as remarkable as the fact that they only cost 15% of what a predator drone costs, and will be the cheapest drone of this type the Air Force fields by at least a factor of 3. There are no plans to arm them (yet), instead to make them do recon autonomously and report the results to humans. And the government is currently saying that when they do carry weapons, a human will have to authorize every use.

LinuxBender 3y ago

Well for the money I would hope they at least come close to the drones from the movie Oblivion [1]. Even better if they can communicate out of band using the same sounds for psychological effect. Those drones could work together as a team those scenes missing from the linked clip. I hope that is the AI they are going for. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEby9OkePpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEby9OkePpg [video][3 min 33 sec]

FetusP 3y ago

Reading the article, it makes me think that they are making a real life aimbot for the Air Force. It is getting silly though. Makes conversations with less than tech savvy people a little difficult lately since it's such a hot topic

voxic11 3y ago

Yes its a ML model. > One of the U.S. Air Force's stealthy XQ-58A Valkyrie drones recently completed a successful test flight demonstrating the ability to carry out aerial combat tasks autonomously using new artificial intelligence-driven software. The service says the test is part of a tiered approach to maturing autonomy "agents," which involves training algorithms millions of times first in simulations and other testing. This includes the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, or CCA, a key part of the larger Next Generation Air Dominance modernization initiative. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/xq-58-valkyrie-solves-air-combat-challenge-problem-while-under-ai-control https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/xq-58-valkyrie-solves-...

hn_throwaway_99 3y ago

Somewhat related, Google has been using LLMs to train robots: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/28/23811109/google-smart-robot-generative-ai https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/28/23811109/google-smart-rob...

ilaksh 3y ago

I think it's a combination of ML to steer the craft and coordinate the assets. Eventually there will be something a bit like DeepMind's StarCraft AI. Probably with a text interface. They might even get that technology from DeepMind.

HWR_14 3y ago

They are talking about building 2,000 drones, 30ft long. That they will be piloted by AI is interesting, but not as remarkable as the fact that they only cost 15% of what a predator drone costs, and will be the cheapest drone of this type the Air Force fields by at least a factor of 3. There are no plans to arm them (yet), instead to make them do recon autonomously and report the results to humans. And the government is currently saying that when they do carry weapons, a human will have to authorize every use.