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Noah Smith

@Noahpinion

Feb 29, 2020

Not sure if current drones would beat fighter jets, but Musk definitely seems right that the era of human-piloted fighter jets is rapidly drawing to a close. And I predict the era of human-operated drone fighters will be short-lived.

businessinsider.com

Elon Musk says the US's F-35 stealth jet 'would have no chance' against a 'drone fighter plane'

"Yeah, the fighter jet era has passed," Elon Musk said at an Air Force conference on Friday. "It's drones."

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Antipodal Gray

@0xGray

War in the 21st century: human populations huddling in the rubble of autonomous factories as robots battle on land and drones battle in the sky, the power grid flickering on and off in between cyber attacks

7:41 AM · Feb 29, 2020

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