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Let's rephrase: if this was a major issue for the f-35, the USA wouldn't have invested trillions of dollars in stealth without addressing optical camouflaging. All f-35s would have camouflage paint. They'd be a lot of research into how to reduce visibility of aircraft, just like there is for reducing RCS. Given they don't do this, clearly they don't think optical detection is a major concern.
tcheasdfjkl on My Detailed Notes & Commentary from Secular Solsticeoh yeah my dispute isn't "the character in the song isn't talking about building AI" but "the song is not a call to accelerate building AI"
exa-watson on Can stealth aircraft be detected optically?Spot on
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faul_sname on Can stealth aircraft be detected optically?So why isn't this done?
How do we know that optical detection isn't done?
exa-watson on KAN: Kolmogorov-Arnold NetworksIs this a massive exfohazard?
Very Unlikely
Should this have been published?
Yes
exa-watson on KAN: Kolmogorov-Arnold NetworksI know this sounds fantastic but can someone please dumb down what KANs are for me, why they're so revolutionary (in practice, not in theory) that all the big labs would wanna switch to them?
Or is it the case that having MLPs is still a better thing for GPUs and in practice that will not change?
And how are KANs different from what SAEs attempt to do
yair-halberstadt on Can stealth aircraft be detected optically?Aircraft already often fly low, which also works well against radar, but makes them vulnerable to cheaper and more numerous MANPADS. Flying high shouldn't work particularly well given the setup I've described here, since we have a range of about 100km, an order of magnitude higher than the f35 can fly.
yair-halberstadt on Can stealth aircraft be detected optically?Night is an obvious point! Should have thought of that!
Still this is relevant when the stealth aircraft is providing tactical support, rather than bombing operations, when you can't necessarily pick the time to provide aerial support. But tactical support is usually from behind the front lines, rather than over enemy territory, where anti aircraft weapons are less effective anyway.
That is why they prefer to flight for strikes during moonless nights. Also they can fly of very low or very high, which makes optical observation difficult.