Elon Musk: The Age of Human-Piloted Fighter Jets Is Ending

Elon Musk: The age of human-piloted fighter aircraft is coming to an end.

“I'm not sure if there's a lot of [future] opportunity for fighter pilots, because if you've got a drone swarm coming at you, the pilot is a liability in the fighter plane, to be honest.

If you compare a drone versus a fighter plane, how easy is it to make a drone? It's at least 10, maybe 100 times easier to make the drone. You can afford to sacrifice the drones, whereas you don't want to sacrifice the pilots.

My guess is that the age of human-piloted fighter aircraft is coming to an end.”