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Old 21st Jan 2016, 13:55
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Originally Posted by Tourist
This I just not actually true is it?
Do you imagine that the person who programmed the Airbus Autopilot can fly better than it in the cruise?
Do you imagine that the person who programmed the FADEC can run the engines better?
Do you think that the person who designed the various chess computers can beat them?
Tourist, you completely and utterly missed the point. I suggest you start thinking like a normal person instead of 01011010110 HAL. What sort of collection of cells programmed the airbus stall warning to silence below 60 knots? A human. Was that a silly idea? Yes. Machines are only as good as the human programmer. Sometimes I marvel at the programming that went into my aeroplane, it does it so well. At other times, I say "what sort of idiot programmed it do that?".
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