Jack Shanahan, Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence CenterWe will inform the Mitchell Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics that, The idea of autonomous systems competing with manned systems in some form of air-to-air combat is a bold one, "was studied in a special video interview series,In this undated lecture file photo provided by the US Air Force, the MQ-9 Reaper equipped with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided ammunition and AGM-114 Hellfire missile is piloted by Colonel Lex Turner during combat missions in southern Afghanistan.

Shanahan explained that although autonomy now exists in various forms and has important operational significance, AI supported autonomy brings new frontiers of war possibilities that the Pentagon is exploring more deeply.Supporting the autonomy of artificial intelligence is where we will see some powerful features combined together.

Artificial intelligence driven autonomy has indeed brought a series of new technological, tactical, and strategic implications, such as new paradigms for decision-making, problem-solving, and operations.

Essentially, platforms driven by advanced artificial intelligence will be able to identify, process, and analyze large amounts of information in near real-time, which not onlyTo accelerate“sensorThe time for the shooter, andIt can achieve a wider range of operational activities without the need for manual intervention. Drones and even fighter jets will be able to receive new inputs, perform in-flight analysis, and make influential decisions autonomously, rather than just following predetermined navigation "waypoints" established through GPS, which has been going on for a long time

Although humans will retain necessary command and control measures, artificial intelligence can promote autonomous driving systemsThe ability to quickly adjust flight in response to new sensor information. This may include independently processing unit location or navigation data, and even networking intelligence data between nearby manned platforms, unmanned platforms, and artificial ground command centers.

UAVOr unmanned aerial vehicles may operate in high-risk areas, bouncing new information against a vast and seemingly infinite database of information to perform analysis and make necessary adjustments when encountering enemy formations or terrain configurations of significant tactical importance.

Perhaps the onboard computer can access an intelligence database, indicating previously successful action plans in these situations, analyzing information about enemy capabilities, assets, and weapons, and informing the unmanned platform of the best immediate action plan? The onboard computer can immediately weigh a large number of variables to independently perform calculations previously determined by humans.

It can be said with certainty that the F-35 is famous for“sensorFusion "(organizing originally completely different sensor information onto a single screen for pilots) was an early application of artificial intelligence.

Emerging or future artificial intelligence autonomous driving will contain a large amount of information, improve processing and analysis, and execute decisions related to a large number of complex dynamics without the need for humans.

Information management and data processing programs and analysis functions can be completed more effectively than humans, while allowing human cognition to exert ultimate control.calculation speedandartificial intelligenceThe speed of real-time acquisition, processing, and analysis of new information by the system is getting faster and faster, which is actually expected to achieve unmanned melee, combat mobility, and tactical decision-making.

We will see a few people controlling a large number of machines. In some cases, it will be a machine to machine cycle, with humans involved,

Of course, at least for now, all of this is based on a fundamental and unchanging premise that ultimate control must be held by humans who can utilize the unique features of human cognition.Our only failure is the failure of imagination.