Will development of good AI routines be beneficial for developing an UAV?

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Autonomous vehicles don't face the same challenges as AIs in games.

The main challenge for real autonomous vehicles is situational awareness.
In a game this isn't a problem as the program tells the AI what is a enemy/friend/plane/bush/ground/runway. Real world AIs struggle with this kind of thing a lot.

Flight routines are simple compared to these challenges.