Originally Posted by
neville_nobody
Full blown autonomous airliners are probably going to be deemed to much of a risk and I would suggest that regulator and/or insurance companies will probably make it difficult. Regulation is something that the tech industry is not particularly used to dealing with or does very well.
I would counter that the exact opposite will be the case. I think insurance companies are exactly the people who will force it to happen once a body of evidence is gathered to show the safety advantages of autonomous aircraft.
This evidence will be gathered from autonomous military freight (already happening) and eventually civvy freight.