{"id":157528,"date":"2024-12-13T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/why-ai-piloted-fighter-jets-centuries-away\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T18:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T08:00:26","slug":"usaf-general-why-ai-piloted-fighter-jets-are-still-centuries-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=157528","title":{"rendered":"USAF General: Why AI-Piloted Fighter Jets Are Still &#8220;Centuries Away&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite some people (like businessman Elon Musk) claiming the manned fighter is dead, actual experts who study combat assert it is not. It is true that            <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"15058\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/drones\/\"  >drones<\/a><\/span> have made major advances in recent years (especially in the last three years), but they are limited and will not be able to fulfill the full spectrum of roles of manned fighters for many years to come. But while manned             <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"540010\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/fifth-generation-fighter\/\"  >fifth generation fighter<\/a><\/span> jets very much appear to have a future, the future of manned sixth-generation fighters is much more murky. 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