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StrategyPage has a worriesome post.
On August 10th, two American X-45A UCAVs (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles) were sent out into a test range that had a “hostile†anti-aircraft system on it. The X-45As successfully detected the potential attack, avoided took evasive action, then planned and carried out their own attack, destroying the enemy anti-aircraft system. While a human pilot on the ground monitored all of this, and could have interrupted the operation at any time, the X-45As were allowed to operate on their own. This included talking off, returning and landing.
This is good, but what will things look like in 20 years? Will we stay in control of all this?
Posted by The Vorlon at August 12, 2005 10:00 PM