You don’t need to load the compute onto the platform for autonomy, planning can be done remotely just like with human guidance. The latency is the same.

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SJC_Hacker an hour ago | parent [-]

But if comms get jammed, how will the drone decide what to target ? For that you need inference, which means sizable compute.

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tancop an hour ago | parent [-]

you can put the compute on a big expensive reusable control drone and send commands down with lasers. thats way harder to jam than any form of radio. if thats not enough try fiber optic like they do in ukraine.

	▲	fnordpiglet 39 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		There are also now drones with long spooling wires. Regardless, autonomous or not, connectivity to home is important. I would note that a lot of drones are quite large too - small airplanes. They can carry more than enough hardware for autonomy. You can also have motherships doing planning and smaller kamikaze drones for combat. These aren’t hard problems to solve, the harder problem is the reluctance to give over to automation. But that’s going to happen faster and faster.