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> But you still don't have autonomous flying, even though the case is much simpler than driving: take off, ascend, cruise, land. Flying is actually a lot more
by inetknght 1y ago
> But you still don't have autonomous flying, even though the case is much simpler than driving: take off, ascend, cruise, land.
Flying is actually a lot more complicated than just driving. When you're driving you can "just come to a stop". When you're flying... you can't. And a hell of a lot can go wrong.
In any case, we do have autonomous flying. They're called drones. There are even prototypes that ferry humans around.
- Dylan16807 1y agoBeing unable to abort a flight with a moment's notice does add complication, but not so much that flying is "a lot more complicated" than driving. The baseline for cars is very hard. And cars also face significant trouble when stopping. A hell of a lot can go wrong with either.
- fendy3002 1y agoa bit unclear from my statement before but that's the point. Something that feels easy is actually much more complicated than that. Like weather, runway condition, plane condition, wind speed / direction, ongoing incidents at airport, etc. Managing all that scenario is not easy. the similar things also applied in driving, especially with obstacles and emergency, like floods, sinkhole in Bangkok recently, etc.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> When you're driving you can "just come to a stop". When you're flying... you can't Would note that this is the same issue that made autonomous freeway driving so difficult. When we solve one, we'll solve the other. And it increasingly looks like they'll both be solved in the next half decade.