Originally Posted by
thevagabond
I think what's more interesting is how many of my peers would ever ride in the back of a pilotless aircraft. I know with my experiences that I never would. Ever. Joe and Joan Public, blissfully unaware, might do so.
I think driverless cars will be the predictor of our fate. Once 51% of the population gets to the point where they don't think twice about entering a car with nobody sitting at the wheel, it'll all be downhill from there.
And driverless Ubers are already plying the streets even as I type this right now.
You and I might not like it, but by the time he hits my age my 5 year old boy won't know any other reality...
Remember the elevator operator? Of course not. Our kids will be marveling at the fact that way way back there were actually human beings piloting aircraft...