Re: AI in FT ... again,...

On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Chris McCurry wrote:

> >>And have said all that, I think that AI in fighters is a very good
idea.
> >>Download the program of attack >at the time of launch and let them
go.
> Why >>would you risk a human on what is really a multi-attack >drone?
> 
> I thing that a Automated fighter is just an expensive way to say 
smart
> MISSLE...
> 
> though there is an appeal to having unmaned ships..

Well there is a slight difference.  One could expect to recover an
unmanned fighter as opposed to expending them as smart missiles.  The
unmanned fighter would be the carrying vehicle to get the smart
munitions
into the area, release a cloud of munitions and return with targeting
data, results of the attack and other items of interest.  This might
allow
"smart" drones to travel to an area of conflict by FTL, launch a flight
of
missiles and return.  Since AI will presumbably be smaller and hardier
than human occupants the design of drones could be maximized for
effeciency in terms of FTL range, stealth capability and evasive
capability (1000 x g for a drone vs. 10 or 20 g's for a human)

--Binhan