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[โ€“] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Drones don't pilot themselves humans do it. You're not going to want to put on board processing on a drone it's just going to increase the cost to limited tactical benefit. Plus without oversight you couldn't take the chance it wouldn't go completely haywire.

For AI, the largest computing expense is usually training. Individual uses are much smaller. And a model that has a narrow scope like flying can have even less demand. Also, they already have autonomous drones. They don't even need AI. The AI part would probably be like target selection or strategy. And of course, since when did governments care about oversight in a warzone.