Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Happily, that's true.
AI, on the other hand does indeed "author its own algorithms".
In other words, when a flight under the control of AI meets a situation that hasn't specifically been foreseen by the programmers, nobody can predict WTF it's going to do.
And, equally happy as you; that has hasn't happened yet. Because there are no truly AI Autopilots operating - defence experiments aside - yet.
Even the Airbus at Le Bourget was confined by it's programming. It had no free will whatsoever; it was analysing data input and responding with it's pre-programmed instructional code.
Sorry, that's not AI - it's on a level with your toaster on which you spread your breakfast marmalade.