Originally Posted by
Jonty
I will leave you with one final thought. Could we ever design a computer to match the performance of Sullenberger and his crew? I don't mean the landing itself, but could we design a computer that would weigh up all the odds and then make that decision to land in the Hudson? A decision the undoubtedly saved the lives of all 155 people on board that aircraft. My answer would be probably, one day. But not in my lifetime, and probably not for many lifetimes to come.
If you had made the tiny effort to read previous posts/links etc you would have found that we have all the required capabilities in aircraft already.
The other thing to think about is that the "not in my lifetime" argument is not very clever.
I know a lady who is 101 years old.
Imagine what anybody's answer to future tech questions would have been when she was 20?
The pace of technological change is accelerating, not linear.
We went from dope and cloth to Concorde/Space Shuttle in half a lifetime.
Guesses are just that/