F-16 jet takes off with pilotless/empty cockpit

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Oberon

So, Skybird is correct, the next logical step is autonomous drones, and I'm pretty certain that this is already being worked on, and when that happens then the risk of drone control intercept is closed, and the human oversight that is needed is reduced, so you could have one pilot for an entire squadron. At this point the boneyards become a very busy place and the numbers game starts to change in a big way.

And/or Skynet...

In Daniel Suarez' hightech-sf-novel "Kill Decision" swarm intelligence of ants gets implemented and remodelled in Ai control for drones, and then several drones get linked to form an autonomous swarm. The plot goes that the hive builds containers with drones inside from where they get launched by the hundreds like it is feared for cruise missiles started from a containership in an unconventionel future naval conflict. The AI loads them onto a cargoship - thousands of them, and then there it is - an autonomous drone carrier defended by thousands of drones linked and controlled by artificial swarm intelligence. A murderous weapon (in the novel ).

Telling it because of the plot only. His earlier, linked books "Deamon" and "Darknet" are much more recommendable. Intelligent and action-dripping hightech speculation I would call them. It is about AI, virtual reality, Google Glasses, and autonomous community building and democracy.

Suarez is a former software expert, and knows this kind of stuff. Thats what makes his speculations so tempting. The Dale Brown of computer-tech-scifi.