I'd like to expand on this for a bit.Vernii wrote:[*]When compared to drones, the main difference is that even with full AI, it is the human aspect of often-detrimental emotion that makes the real difference. Over-detachment from what one is doing can result in unnecessary bloodshed and destruction. Conscience is also necessary if one's society hopes to maintain any semblance of morality. And lastly, who but a human can predict irrational human responses so well?
A computer is going to beat a human (or any biological really) embarrassingly badly in where it counts: reaction time. It doesn't matter if a computer wouldn't be able to predict an 'irrational' response, if its able to put a laser through the cockpit before the human pilot is even done finishing his thought process. Sentimentality likewise has no place on the battlefield, if your nation is unable to handle the moral costs of war, it shouldn't engage in it.
Computers are already - and successfully - used to predict 'Irrational' behaviour in humans, particularly in the form of swarms. We don't base our emergency response plans on a bunch of guys sitting in a room and making up shit, we base them on running simulations.
In the specific context of fighter pilots, irrational responses are rather, lets say... Discouraged, in favour of standardised responses which are drilled in training. Sauce. Seriously, read it (Addressing Escalon, obviously). If you want to scroll down to when the maneuvering and fighting deal starts.
The idea of Tom Cruise doing craaaaaaaaaaaazy things while thinking of his wingman as naked, winning the day via glorious individualism and improvisation is solely and exclusively one thing.
Bullshit. If you're relying on unpredictable and improvised action in the air, you're going to be kicked out of the air force in under two seconds.
Soldiers, whether on the ground, at sea, or in the air, function better the more they act like predictable machines. That's been the basis of military training for at least five thousand years, and it ain't gonna change.