Comment on First known test dogfight between AI and human pilot carried out, US military says
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 8 months ago‘Dogfighting’ mostly just means air-to-air combat now. They do still make fighter jets that have guns or can mount guns, but I think they’re primarily intended for surface targets rather than air targets.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I always thought it would be a game change to have guns that could point different directions.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Maybe aircraft guns do that. It’s also usually automatic, look a direction and the gun points where you look.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
I honestly wouldn’t be that surprised if an AI powered fighter jet got point defence systems installed. It could react to put an incoming missile directly in the path of the point defense and possibly shoot it before it hits. With that said, I don’t know how useful it’d be. If it’s coming right at you the shrapnel is still on its way. Maybe it can react and plan in such a way to avoid it. I guess it depends on the relative speed and direction of the incoming missile.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I meant to just shoot the other plane without having to point your plane straight at them
Cethin@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Most dogfights are done by missiles these days. You lock on, fire, and forget. A ballistic projectile wouldn’t be useful at those ranges. I guess if AI fighter jets change progression to bring things back to close-in combat something like that may be useful. I don’t predict it’d happen, but there’s a chance. Missiles can just pack so much more thrust-per-second into a small package than a jet can, but AI jets could be a lot more agile and essentially a missile firing missile, or similar, letting them close distance better whole avoiding incoming ordinance.
echodot@feddit.uk 8 months ago
So turrets?
They had that back in the first world war.