Incompetent pilots! Replace 'em and no more crashes!! For all of you who want to replace pilots because of Asiana, AF 447, UPS, how many "saves" have been made because of those dumb humans up front?
Originally Posted by Mach
Though are they really smarter than the people who will build the system in the first place?
They didn't do too-bad a job on the 11th of September 2001. They don't have to be smart per-se, just a bit smarter than the masses.
They don't have to when the 'synthetic pilot' is self learning and creative, plus has the ability to share and cross examine it's knowledge and understanding with every other 'synthetic pilot' on the planet instantly then react accordingly.
Oh yes, and how do these SPs get their self-learning and creativity traits? Programming by... humans. Except that when the wheels fall off, there won't be a human there...