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I got that and I was trying to answer in the least sarcastic way I could. I’ll try again. Autopilot isn’t an all knowing AI that is better at dealing with emer
by MarkMarine 3y ago
I got that and I was trying to answer in the least sarcastic way I could. I’ll try again.
Autopilot isn’t an all knowing AI that is better at dealing with emergency than a pilot. In the region of flight that involves a pilot ejection, especially in a plane like the F-35, the “autopilot” that would be created that could successfully scout a target area that was safe to crash in, eject the pilot, then somehow move the plane to that area with the canopy off the plane and the degradation of control that would involve, plus the million issues that could have caused the ejection in the first place… it’s not plausible to create this and still have a pilot. You’re talking about a system that is a better aviator, with more SA and more detail about aircraft systems than the human at the stick.
So, first, I don’t think we’re there with AI that is better than the pilot in this region of flight, second, to make that would be so expensive as to be ridiculous, for the incredibly rare event that a military plane needs to eject over a populated area yet also has a safe area like a body of water to crash into. Third, making that system would negate the need for a pilot in the first place so again, what’s the point?
I get the thought, but it’s silly.
- grogenaut 3y agoto add 4 - if you had control with some badass AI why not land the plane safely for a recovery... the example in both the OP and the GP are planes lost in the country they are from not in enemy territory. The planes are not cheap... why would you purposefully wreck it in in a safe location.
- MarkMarine 3y agoEXACTLY
- mrb 3y agoActually my example assumed being in enemy territory. Nosedive the airplane for maximum destruction, to prevent the enemy from recovering anything useful from the crash site.
- MarkMarine 3y agoWhat do you think they’ll get? China already hacked in and grabbed the full design docs for the F-35. They have a stealth clone of it.
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- to11mtm 3y ago> Autopilot isn’t an all knowing AI that is better at dealing with emergency than a pilot. b...bu... but all the twitter influencers told me... /s
- mrb 3y agoI was not thinking of some highly advanced AI, just something ultra simple like: after ejection, attempt to pitch the plane to nosedive as vertically as possible. The intent being to to crash the airplane as badly as possible to prevent the enemy from recovering anything useful from the crash site.
- MarkMarine 3y agoSounds like a good way to destroy your own runway, barracks near the runway, etc.
- juancb 3y agoModern ejection systems are zero-zero systems designed to allow ejection at zero speed and zero altitude which means that the aircraft may not have enough energy to successfuly destroy sensitive components across the full ejection envelope. Why not rig it with explosives around the sensitive components and avoid the messy endeavor of trying to orient the plane for maximum destruction after ejection when that is likely to be unreliable at best?
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoBecause then you would have introduce a brand new safety-critical system that also happens to be the most dangerous on the aircraft.