Comments on: Semi-autonomous UAV swarms: the future of air power http://pacificempire.org.nz/2006/12/03/semi-autonomous-uav-swarms-the-future-of-air-power/ Sun, 13 May 2012 18:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Jayson http://pacificempire.org.nz/2006/12/03/semi-autonomous-uav-swarms-the-future-of-air-power/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Jayson Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:49:20 +0000 http://pacificempire.org.nz/?p=159#comment-722 "And perhaps one day the central, manned aircraft housing the controllers - the most vulnerable part of the network - could be dispensed with altogether, leaving just a networked, semi-autonomous swarm of UAVs and guided missiles, with their own refuelling capabilities. Perhaps, too, the rigid airship will return as a network hub, munitions carrier and refueller for UAVs, and the dream of the airborne aircraft carrier will finally be realised." Well, as long as long as this doesn't come under the control of a self-aware AI rebelling against its human masters, no one should have any problem with it, right? “And perhaps one day the central, manned aircraft housing the controllers – the most vulnerable part of the network – could be dispensed with altogether, leaving just a networked, semi-autonomous swarm of UAVs and guided missiles, with their own refuelling capabilities. Perhaps, too, the rigid airship will return as a network hub, munitions carrier and refueller for UAVs, and the dream of the airborne aircraft carrier will finally be realised.”

Well, as long as long as this doesn’t come under the control of a self-aware AI rebelling against its human masters, no one should have any problem with it, right?

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