Spot on BV. And quite aside from AI an autonomous system can be wonderfully dumb - in a positive sense. No AI whatsoever required for the following:
Follow the ACO outbound to the millimetre.
Don’t run out of gas.
Don’t transgress any known ACM.
Don’t penetrate a known MEZ. (I’ll let you know by text if there are any new ones).
Don’t leave the FIR.
Don’t fly into me.
Don’t get more than 20nm from me.
Don’t employ without my say so.
If you’re near a POI and can capture an ISR product please do.
If we lose comms for X minutes go back to CAP, for Y minutes then RTB.
Go home obeying the ACO to the millimetre.
All things you might hope your manned wingy would achieve but that you could never guarantee - now simply check boxes on a mission planner.