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The Air Force wants $5.8 billion to build nearly 2,000 AI-powered Valkyrie aircraft as part of its 'next generation of air dominance' initiative
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The Air Force has requested $5.8 billion in its budget to create AI-driven XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft.

The autonomous crafts are ideal for completing suicide missions and protecting pilots, the Air Force says.

Human rights advocates say letting technology take lives crosses a moral boundary.

The Air Force is seeking a multibillion-dollar budgetary allowance to build between 1,000 and 2,000 unmanned aircraft powered by AI pilots.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-air-force-wants-5-8-billion-to-build-nearly-2-000-ai-powered-valkyrie-aircraft-as-part-of-its-next-generation-of-air-dominance-initiative/ar-AA1fR6TQ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c1c65405ea704b95bc557004cc2f8c4e&ei=38
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The Air Force wants $5.8 billion to build nearly 2,000 AI-powered Valkyrie aircraft as part of its 'next generation of air dominance' initiative
Story by ktangalakislippert@insider.com (Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert) •
13h
 
The Air Force has requested $5.8 billion in its budget to create AI-driven XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft.

The autonomous crafts are ideal for completing suicide missions and protecting pilots, the Air Force says.

Human rights advocates say letting technology take lives crosses a moral boundary.

The Air Force is seeking a multibillion-dollar budgetary allowance to build between 1,000 and 2,000 unmanned aircraft powered by AI pilots.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-air-force-wants-5-8-billion-to-build-nearly-2-000-ai-powered-valkyrie-aircraft-as-part-of-its-next-generation-of-air-dominance-initiative/ar-AA1fR6TQ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c1c65405ea704b95bc557004cc2f8c4e&ei=38
Sounds great on paper until the Chinese/Russians or whoever break our codes and they use our same weapons against US.

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How about seeing how a few work in real or simulated combat conditions before ordering 2,000?

The Pentagon's recent record for program procurement is terrible - Littoral Combat Ships, F35 Joint Strike Fighter, and Ford-class aircraft carriers.

How about securing successful proof-of-concept, documented specifications, and multiple vendors before pissing away more of my taxpayer money on some General's new toy?
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Not the first time this was brought up because it's not the first time I brought up the episode of the SyFy show Eureka dealing with AI controlled fighter aircraft and what could go wrong when they evolve.

https://eureka.fandom.com/wiki/Martha