I’ve always seen unmanned craft as the way of the future. From fighter planes to bombers and surveillance craft. Not just in the air but in space, on land and in the sea and not just for warfare but for exploration and general work. Human controlled from remote sites and yet with the power of a human brain in control. It’s the way of the future.
Now of course the problem we have is there is not enough unmanned drones to go around. We want them more and more because of their loiter time and the flexibility of being able to change pilots when necessary if mission parameters necessitate different skills. So what do we do when we run out of unmanned drones? Well obviously we put in an adaptable control unit to stand in, and as we don’t actually have any machines that can do that we put real people in instead. The wheel has turned full circle. Humans standing in for machines as we don’t have enough machines to go around. Read here. Of course this time it is just for training but be assured that if it became necessary we would be doing the same in combat.
Of course this will not be an option for much longer, unless this example causes a rethink, as the next generation of fighters, those just being thought about now, will have the human component engineered out. No room for pilots. Makes a big saving as no life support system required, G Forces are not fixed to human requirements and many envelopes can be stretched dramatically. Remote flying will be the way of the future and soon, very soon, AI will start to be used to manage the drones up to clearly defined trigger points where humans can take them over or where they are attacked they will evade, at least in the first few generations, until a human can take over to attack.
Humans, Extremely versatile machines mass produced by unskilled labour. A lot cheaper and more versatile than any robot we are likely to see for 50 years.
Cheaper and more versatile
I’ve always seen unmanned craft as the way of the future. From fighter planes to bombers and surveillance craft. Not just in the air but in space, on land and in the sea and not just for warfare but for exploration and general work. Human controlled from remote sites and yet with the power of a human brain in control. It’s the way of the future.
Now of course the problem we have is there is not enough unmanned drones to go around. We want them more and more because of their loiter time and the flexibility of being able to change pilots when necessary if mission parameters necessitate different skills. So what do we do when we run out of unmanned drones? Well obviously we put in an adaptable control unit to stand in, and as we don’t actually have any machines that can do that we put real people in instead. The wheel has turned full circle. Humans standing in for machines as we don’t have enough machines to go around. Read here. Of course this time it is just for training but be assured that if it became necessary we would be doing the same in combat.
Of course this will not be an option for much longer, unless this example causes a rethink, as the next generation of fighters, those just being thought about now, will have the human component engineered out. No room for pilots. Makes a big saving as no life support system required, G Forces are not fixed to human requirements and many envelopes can be stretched dramatically. Remote flying will be the way of the future and soon, very soon, AI will start to be used to manage the drones up to clearly defined trigger points where humans can take them over or where they are attacked they will evade, at least in the first few generations, until a human can take over to attack.
Humans, Extremely versatile machines mass produced by unskilled labour. A lot cheaper and more versatile than any robot we are likely to see for 50 years.