Originally Posted by
Standard Toaster
And a driverless car, which is more complex in many orders of magnitude than a pilotless aircraft, is already possible.
You might want to read up on real 'driverless cars', rather than the media fantasy, before you say things like that.
Yes, they can drive themselves so long as the road is meticulously mapped out beforehand, and nothing unexpected happens. But the technology is a long way from being useful on urban roads where the unexpected happens all the time.
I seem to remember that Google cars can't handle rain, either? Not much use in the UK.