Elon Musk tells a room full of Air Force pilots: 'The fighter jet era has passed'

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Elon Musk also said that Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet, which is the Pentagon's most expensive weapons system, should have a competitor.

predicted Friday that the future of war would be carried out by autonomous drones and not by legacy aircraft.

"The Joint Strike Fighter, there should be a competitor ... that's a controversial subject but I don't think it's good to have one provider," Musk said. He later elaborated on Twitter that the F-35 competitor should be a drone. Throughout his discussion with Thompson, Musk warned that the United States was at risk of falling behind other nations if it did not prioritize innovation.

Musk also predicted that the Chinese economy will eventually surpass the United States' by at least two-fold.Elon Musk says Chinese economy will surpass US by 2 or 3 times: 'The foundation of war is economics'

 

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Musk breathing too many drugs?

He is wrong for one simple reason - it is likely to be harder to hack a human pilot than it is to hack an autonomous vehicle, and as our adversaries progress, even remotely piloted drones are at risk of interference and interception. I respect Elon, disagree with him here.

I agree.

Like Ender Wiggin’s fight against the Buggers in Ender’s Game.

Elon is brilliant. At the same time brilliant people have been saying since at least 1954 that 'the jet fighter age' is past. But manned fighters still fly. I think they will continue to fly because the question is not one of weapons but the moral question of killing.

I think they already knew this fact

Musk sees the future so clearly. Amazing man.

As 1 AI said to a millitary legend. This is the next level after drones by ppl, its drones flying in formation based on AI interactions with full squads looked over by 1 human and the AI. And in space no rule for companies to make weapons only for government not too but if 1 does

The future is drones made by Cyberdyne Systems powered by an AI called SkyNet 😳

What is the aternative? When we find something more reliable, we can make claims. At least, fighter jets are more reliable than any tesla cars he produces.

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