Re: AI in FT (was Re: Be gentle...)

At 04:22 PM 7/13/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>One other thing, you could probably program the fighters to update
their
>>combat algorithms from transmissions coming from the carrier. Not only
would
>>the carrier supply sensor information, it would also supply updated
combat
>>parameters and tactical analysis.
>
>Too susceptible to jamming I would imagine.  

Perhaps. I don't really think you'd need to upgrade the programming
within
the context of a dog fights. You could program a neural net to learn
from
the enemy on its own. The idea is that the high G-force capabilities of
the
computer controlled fighter, coupled with the faster reaction times,
would
more than outweigh the fact that they don't "think." This is the way
modern
jet development is heading, with both the USAF and the RAF leaning this
way
for the next generation of fighter. 

>The problem with these "thinking" computers is that we need to have a
major
>leap in technology to achieve this.  

I don't disagree. My assumption is that within 250 to 1000 years we'll
have
that.

>I dont remember where I saw it but there was this
>really big bomb that had an AI to pilot, then detonate it in the sun. 
This
>AI thought about this a little to long and refused to do it's job. 

Sounds like _Dark Star_ to me.

Allan Goodall:	agoodall@sympatico.ca 
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