[nradov]

These are going to be experienced test pilots who are pretty good at actively managing autopilots and other automated systems. Plus they'll be backed up by telemetry to ground controllers. But ultimately the military is willing to accept some losses in order to advance key R&D programs.

[themanualstates]

At 1.000 targets / hour as specified, Pentagon's "software abstraction layer" (Maven Smart System) allotted μ=60ms to consider each (mass-) killing that was added to the 'kill-chain'.

Regarding e.g. the 'double tap' strike on Minab's girls school, it's impossible for there to have been any 'management' considering it:

1. has been on Google Maps for over 15 years

2. ranked top on Google Search

3. was all-pink, even on satellite imagery

N.v.m. how the certainty / fuzziness knobs are already being deployed more to generate media buzz for short-term political gains than tactical or strategic results.

(https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blam...)

[rwmj]

Later they'll replace them with minimum wage safety pilots.

[DoesntMatter22]

What a silly statement to make. They'll just be replaced with AI. This is literally the plot of the Terminator

[rwmj]

What The Terminator got wrong is each robot needs a human to take the legal blame when it goes wrong.

[tim333]

First low wage humans then AI only. Think Waymo.

[rgblambda]

Or outsource to a pilot procurement company in China.

There is precedent after all: https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-tech-support-go...

[throwaway2037]

I doubt it. Ask yourself: Why does the RQ-4 Global Hawk or MQ-9 Reaper require so much training to operate? The operators are well-paid, highly skilled officers.

[rwmj]

It's a joke about human "safety drivers" acting as legal crumple zones for self-driving cars.

[tim333]

Those aren't really AI controlled. It's just remote control for regular jet aircraft.