>You could have a plane that goes from point A to B and shoots down anyone that tries to stop it along the way without any remote operation.

And you don't envision any problems with this?

Does it matter what I envision? It's possible. It might be useful. So it will be done.

>shoots down anyone

Like Iranian or Korean Boings?

Sure. Just like humans tend to do. Or not if the right person cares enough to program it not to.

That is not what the link says it did not pilot even simulated jet. It issued orders as a controller would on border of AWACS I guess.

I don't think that's the case. Another link: https://www.popsci.com/ai-pilot-beats-air-combat-expert-in-d...

That's a constrained simulation, not the real world.

Can you indicate where in the article or the linked study those constraints are indicated? Military flights sims tend to be pretty decent for this.

The whole scenario was unrealistic. Simple rules of engagement, pre-programmed objectives, little or no EW, no ground control or AWACS, no ground defenses. The technology holds promise and will eventually be capable but we're still decades away from something that can replace human pilots across the full spectrum of missions.

The AI was defending, so it would've benefited from ground defenses, and the study indicates the human team had AWACS assistance.