AI powered drone in rescue

A U.S. drone boat found and rescued the crew of an American Apache helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday evening, in a first-of-its-kind operation at sea, the military said.

The unmanned surface vessel, a Saronic Corsair, located the crew, who had spent two hours in the waters off the coast of Oman and brought them to shore, said Capt. Tim Hawkins, spokesman for U.S. Central Command.

The military is investigating whether the Apache was shot down by Iranian forces, according to U.S. officials.

The rescue marks an operational first for the vessels, which are part of the Navy’s artificial intelligence and drone task force that is designed to widen U.S. military capabilities in the Middle East. The mission also demonstrates the dangers of operating in the region, where Iran has shot down U.S. drones and targeted American aircraft throughout the war and subsequent ceasefire.

Hawkins said the crew was receiving medical care and in stable condition after receiving follow-on support from American forces on land.

Elite troops from the 82nd Airborne Division, which arrived in the region after the start of the war with Iran this spring, contributed to the rescue mission, Centcom said.

The drone boat involved falls under Task Force 59, which harnesses uncrewed boats and other drones powered by AI. “When it comes to search and rescue, you utilize the best asset that is the closest and the quickest, and that was the case in this instance,” Hawkins said.

It’s time to fish or cut bait, if this was an Iranian act, it’s time to get serious. But the role of men in war is being replaced. Good for the young fellows old coots have sent off to die. But will it make war more acceptable because the casualties are low?

Have we ever seen such rapid change in warfare.

I wonder what fighter jets will start to look like once they don't have to worry about g-forces on human pilots anymore.

Is there still a role for fighters…..perhaps drones cover most requirements. Battleships are obsolete., why not fighters and bombers. Aircraft carriers provide a mobile way of transferring the center of operations. But if they are in harms way can they send up enough defensive drones to intercept attacking ones. Or perhaps some kind of electronic shield will be devised.

Real fighter pilot getting absolutely smoked by AI.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCKd6LgOjGs

To make matters worse, there are absolutely no g-forces on the real pilot in the simulated environment and one could expect his performance to be even worse in real-world tasking while the AI pilot would likely perform no differently. When you add mental stress metrics, fatigue...

Also, once you remove human g-force constraints from the design, it's hard to see human pilots winning anything.

Yes, we spoke about this stuff as kids. A Terminator-style AI warfare where the machine becomes smarter than humans. Although there will always be a kill switch for now anyway, so the AI probably won't get a mind of its own in our lifetimes.

This is possibly going to create an AI warfare race. I wonder what impact this would have on nuclear war. (E.g. stopping nukes, or making them so fast they are impossible to stop).

There is also the possibility of hacking an AI system, making it turn on its creator.