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AI technically already won this debate because autonomous war drones are somewhat ubiquitous.
I doubt jets are going to have the usefulness in war that they used to.
Much more economical to have 1000 cheap drones with bombs overwhelm defenses than put your bets on one "special boi" to try and slip through with constantly defeated stealth capabilities.
But... But.... Maverick?
Most human pilots use some variation of automated assist. The AI argument has less to do with "can a pilot outgun a fully automated plane?" and more "does an AI plane work in circumstances where it is forced to behave fully autonomously?"
Is the space saved with automation worth the possibility that your AI plane gets blinded or stunned and can't make it back home?