Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Machine learning does not require Cat III ILS systems, it uses synthetic machine vision to shoot visual approaches in all weather conditions. All that expensive equipment you talk about is actually eliminated, and replaced with much less expensive equipment.
The entire machine learning team at Boeing thinks this can be done within 5 years. Elon Musk thinks it's sooner.
Not even remotely close to that. They are off by many decades.
Like I said, you can fully automate planes right now...if you are OK with drone like safety levels. RC, Robot, internal or external, whatever, can already be used to fly a CAT III approach. Big deal. Its the complex management of all systems during an emergency as well as decision making and redundancy that it can't even come remotely close to doing at anywhere near the same universe of costs. Humans are simply WAY cheaper. I can't blame Musk for trying to break off some more of that sweet Uncle Sugar gravy train money though.