I’m seeing quite some reports that the US is supplying loitering munition, specifically Switchblade drones, to Ukraine. Would that fall under your definition of “small drones with AI” or are you thinking of something else?
I must admit I am not an expert in this—but I would assume that the low hanging fruit is patrolling bots with AI for spotting the enemy. The advantage of using AI is two things—one is relieving people from paying attention to the video feeds, another one is that it would compress the communication needs—the bot would only need to communicate after it spots something interesting and do everything else autonomously.
I don’t know if the loitering munitions have such capabilities—wikipedia only says: “Switchblade has sensors to help spot enemy fighters ”—it might be classified.
I’m seeing quite some reports that the US is supplying loitering munition, specifically Switchblade drones, to Ukraine. Would that fall under your definition of “small drones with AI” or are you thinking of something else?
I must admit I am not an expert in this—but I would assume that the low hanging fruit is patrolling bots with AI for spotting the enemy. The advantage of using AI is two things—one is relieving people from paying attention to the video feeds, another one is that it would compress the communication needs—the bot would only need to communicate after it spots something interesting and do everything else autonomously.
I don’t know if the loitering munitions have such capabilities—wikipedia only says: “Switchblade has sensors to help spot enemy fighters ”—it might be classified.