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Harv Smyth

Air Chief Marshal, chief of the air staff

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“AI will enable warfare that speeds well beyond human comprehension, meaning that our role will shift towards the outside, and it will shift towards controlling the activity and setting the guardrails”
‘Autonomy, not flesh’: RAF chief outlines AI drone-powered futureThe Guardian, October 26, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Smyth in a speech in London on how AI changes the human role in war.
“Given today’s changing character of war, I would argue strongly that the modern paradigm must now become autonomy, not flesh”
‘Autonomy, not flesh’: RAF chief outlines AI drone-powered futureThe Guardian, October 26, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Smyth in a lecture at the Royal United Services Institute, setting out the RAF's direction.

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  1. NewsThe GuardianSpeaks

    ‘Autonomy, not flesh’: RAF chief outlines AI drone-powered future

    The Guardian reports on a London speech by Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth, chief of the air staff, setting out an RAF strategy in which four armed, AI-enabled drones accompany each Typhoon, with first tests next year. Smyth says humans' role will shift to setting guardrails.