part of the process for implementing a 'pilotless' aircraft would be to list every single emergency scenario that's ever happened (at least the ones that are potentially survivable - the wings falling off can probably be excluded). Then determine the optimal course(s) of action and program that into the computer
Keeping in mind this is a hypothetical AI system that is not yet available:
The list of emergency scenarios would be better used as a part of a test program.
The AI pilot should be "taught the basics" and have access to as much type specific data as possible including SOPs and other docs.
The database used for flight simulators would be a good addition since it would allow modelling outcomes of multiple possible actions. (This one is probably a few years out in terms of cpu resources and response time)
Given this and some relatively broad "prime directives" the AI pilot should be able to derive the optimal action when presented with a novel (to it) situation.
If it fails then analysis of the failure and further training would be indicated.
Anybody know if a flight simulator would correctly model the one gear down incident?