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My initial thought was it’s crazy to reach for more automation in the wake of automation-involved fatalities, but if I step back and think about it, they’re not
by senordevnyc 7y ago
My initial thought was it’s crazy to reach for more automation in the wake of automation-involved fatalities, but if I step back and think about it, they’re not wrong. There’s no way that piloting aircraft is going to become a more manual process. More automation is a given in the future. And since so much of the dangers of automation seem to be in the gray zone where it’s an opaque mix between human and computer, it makes sense to cut humans out of the loop as soon as possible.
- _bxg1 7y agoI would've agreed with this stance before the Boeing disaster. Granted there are many things that could be (could have been) done to address the fragility of the 737 Max's automatic system, but the point is they weren't. And I don't know who in the world is going to trust Boeing to take over more parts of the piloting process, because they'll probably be executed just as badly.