The drone looks like a small fighter jet. Artificial Intelligence is flying it, and it’s firing a missile. A human approved the shot, but AI carried it out.
That’s not science fiction. It may be the future of modern warfare.
In July, American defence company Anduril’s YFQ-44A drone, known as Fury, fired an air-to-air tactical missile at a simulated target in California’s Mojave Desert. In October, a pilot in an F-22 fighter jet was able to get the drone to carry out simulated combat tasks.
We daily draw nearer to Skynet or more likely some sort of genocidal eco-fascist.
