: It's a good thing to remember that the guy who said that was a fighter pilot
: himself. It's like listening to the representative of the local plumber's
: union explain why good, honest, hard-working American plumbers can never
: be replaced by non-union scabs.

: At the moment, pilots have a better instinct and insight. But robots are
: improving already. Meanwhile, machines feel no pity, no remorse, no need
: to take a trip to the bathroom and they absolutely do not let their
: attention wander. How much would the performance of an F-22 increase if
: the pilot and his interface with the jet were replaced by a computer?

I agree. When hunting human targets, humans might, on their best, be a lot better than machines, but I am of the opinion that machines will, a lot more consistently, be at their best. As such, given enough opportunities, machines would be far better than humans. Not to mention how much our hardware is limited by our physiology.

Now, hunting machines, there's no reason to expect humans to be better than machines. That's just silly.