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Old 19th Mar 2019, 08:28
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Interflug
 
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AI, AS, PG ... who needs computers if you have such humans

Originally Posted by deltafox44
So, under your criteria, the Captain was competent and the first officer not. But what about the MCAS ? After 21 times MCAS actions were countered by the Captain, MCAS wasn't able to "understand" it was doing something wrong ? Idem when the first officer was pulling desperately the column aft ??? No need for complex AI here, just a few lines of code...
Talking about AI... I think by now it is a reasonable conclusion to make, that MCAS is an AS system. Artificial Stupidity. Conceived, implemented and certified by humans. Driven by PG. Pathological greed.
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