Originally Posted by
Ship741
Have any UAVs been hacked so far, military or otherwise? Not saying it can't happen but I would imagine multiple layers of defense against that scenario.
It's interesting to me that people often look for perfection in new systems as if the current system was perfect. For example, ive already mentioned fatige, but about simple human mistakes, or even suicide for that matter (has already happened)?
No passenger has been killed on a US Air Carrier since 2009. I think last year globally was zero as well. It is astronomically safe at this point. So completely revamping the system, including its infrastructure, and meeting and beating those odds is a big step.
And even if it were to happen, by that time it will be the least of any pilots concerns. The director of engineering at Google says 2046 for the Singularity. So Doctors, Engineers, Financial Advisors, even coders and actors will be affected.