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Old 21st Jan 2016, 09:19
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Originally Posted by wiggy
That brings me to my next awkward question which would be OK, what are you going to code for "not enough stop run available AND not enough energy to take off".......
No need to code.

Under that circumstance, the computer will do exactly the same thing as a human pilot.

Crash.

Originally Posted by wiggy

As AI stands for your idea to work you've pretty much got to forsee and code for all the "unknown unknowns" out there........Are you willing to guarantee you can do that with 10 to the 9 reliability or better...or would it be simpler and cheaper to stick with the idea of a couple of Human Beings up there to try and handle the WTFs, aided by better automation/technology...
The problem is that I believe we are at the tipping point where humans are impeding automated systems rather than helping.
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