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They're not autonomous. They're piloted by a person. There's very little difference between looking at the screen in the cockpit to know when to drop the bomb,
by NateDad 11y ago
They're not autonomous. They're piloted by a person. There's very little difference between looking at the screen in the cockpit to know when to drop the bomb, and looking at the screen in the control room.
- lostcolony 11y agoSorry, I should have been clearer. Yes, it is not truly autonomous, but the mindset of many of those interviewed in the areas we are conducting attacks is basically "death can come down from on high at any moment from clear blue skies". They're not viewing it as "soldiers sometimes come into our village and shoot at suspected terrorists and there are sometimes civilian casualties". And the tendency is to keep moving to that; even now it's only 'soldier vs civilian' by technicality; as soon as we can replace the soldier at the viewscreen with an algorithm, we likely will.