Artificial Intelligence Debate for UAVs VS Manned Aircraft in the Battlespace

Mankind is fascinating with making artificialthought processes, but it strikes at the core of
intelligence, which can compete with 150 millionthe Pilot VS. UAVs debate indeed. Such basic
years of humankind and their organic brains. Manybackground does enter into the picture with UAV
kids growing up are being introduced to roboticand fighter aircraft survivability in combat; Man
systems and many Colleges and Universities areVS. Machine. I guess if you are interested in
hot on the trail at advancing our knowledge inlearning more of the thinking and theory behind
what we call artificial intelligence. But we havethese ideas a good first stop might be Ray
been designing computers to compete withKurzweil's AI website:
mankind for decades. A few books ago, I wasFor now the artificial intelligence Debate for UAVs
reading; "A Shortcut through Time; The Path toVS. Piloted Aircraft in the Battlespace rages on
the Quantum Computer" by George Johnson, heand indeed the argument is taken to greater
made a note of that Tinker Toy Tic Tac Toeheights and a whole new level, a deadly one as it
Machine, Geniac Electric Brain construction kit,is a "winner take all" game. Can the humans really
Turing Computer, Blue Mountain, etc.. Ibeat computers, which teach themselves and can
recommend this book to anyone who is studyingthink as fast or faster than their human
these concepts of Man VS Computer.counterparts? Think on this, as you will hardly be
Some get carried away with the concept ofalone in those thoughts.
Human VS. Machine and the programming and