I would say this is just a sign that specific tests are relatively easy to "cheat" generally and the long tail of edge cases is usually really long
similarly, I'd guess that video demo is "rigged" to some degree. maybe they needed a hundred attempts to get it to do the obstacle course properly, maybe it was remote controlled by a human like playing a videogame, etc.
this seems like a decent point, especially if they don't have to do things like climb rough terrain. that said I'm not sure they'd be any more effective or cheaper than drones for such a task
seems a reasonable point, though getting enough data may still be tricky
I don't really understand what you mean here; why can't they just build a drone that's as large and capable as a fighter jet, if the AI for it is good enough?
yeah, a big war would burn through a lot of tech quite quickly, the interventions western governments have done against third world adversaries produces minimal losses though
agreed basically
I don't think the US is likely to fight another superpower (i.e. China) before 2030 and I think the likes of Iran aren't going to require a bigger conventional army than what the US currently has