Originally Posted by CBreezy View Post
Just think how pilots used to talk about flying in clouds, using autopilot or letting an airplane autoland. It is going to take awhile to get there, but I'm confident it will. Snow blocking the street lines, they can always put metal chips in the paint so cars stay in their lane using nfc type tech. Don't think for one second that a computer would be less capable of maintaining control in the snow. They have more sensitive sensors and just more data in general to let them know well before they start to skid. It's a matter of time. Start preparing yourself for it now.
Not the problem with automation.
Here's the two problems:
1-The plane is controlled via a link of some kind. The link is accidentally broken, or intentionally broken, or taken over.
2-The plane is autonomous, and the computers either quit, or they decide to "911".
I can see having one pilot and AI working together, so the human can fix a situation that isn't fixable by a computer, or the human can take over, if something goes very wrong with the AI control of the aircraft. Or, the human could operate the aircraft, assisted by the AI to prevent a stupid human trick.