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Old 3rd Dec 2014, 18:40
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Ozy

You say that they have not even got a detect and avoid system yet.

Remind me what a current airliner uses at the moment?

Oh, that's right, eyeballs and TCAS, or just TCAS in IMC.

Well TCAS can be fitted easily to a UAV and it won't make a mess of it like humans, and both visual and radars are normal fit to even older generations of military aircraft so no problem there.
UCAVs are having systems designed to enable air warfare against fast moving stealthy opponents.
Avoidance of transponder equipped aircraft is again mere child's play in comparison.


Turkish

Your use of the term "AI" shows your lack of understanding of what is trying to be achieved.
Nobody is going to give them a Turing test, any more than you test your FADEC or Fly-by-wire.

Plus google autonomous cars. Since you brought them up I feel it is only fair to point out that they are doing well...
There are many on public roads in Florida California Sweden Japan and in January guess where? The UK!
http://www.economist.com/news/specia...-look-no-hands
http://spectrum.ieee.org/transportat...lfdriving-test
http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/20/7...-on-the-planet

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