The Future of Flight: AI in the Cockpit - Fully Atomomus Flight
The
Future of Flight: AI in the Cockpit
Watch how the U.S. military’s
investments in autonomous flight technologies could soon change the way planes,
helicopters and drones are deployed in the world’s most dangerous places.
By Jason
Bellini and Conall Jones Nov.
12, 2018 5:30 a.m. ET
The U.S. military is investing billions of
dollars each year in developing autonomous technologies that could enable
planes, helicopters and drones to fly into some of the world’s most dangerous
places, without a human pilot.
In this episode of Moving Upstream, we explore some proofs of
concept already taking wing. The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Bellini was the
first journalist to ride in an autonomous helicopter and get an understanding
of the potential, and the current limitations, of such flights.
In the video above, we also get a first-hand look at new
DARPA-funded drone technology that allows a flying robot to search buildings —
without being guided or controlled by a human operator.
Former Deputy
Secretary of Defense Bob Work said the Pentagon is working on autonomous
fighter jets that could substantially reduce costs and perform better in combat
than human pilots.
But U.S. military
officials are concerned, he said, about how adversarial countries like
China and Russia might acquire and make use of autonomous
planes and drones equipped with autonomous weapons.
“In a democracy, we’re going to set legal ethical and moral
boundaries on AI that an authoritarian regime might not,” Mr. Work said.
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