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I wonder if an autopilot would have landed the plane into the Hudson river, thereby saving everyone's lives? Something tells me no. If you have humans on the pl
by SEJeff 13y ago
I wonder if an autopilot would have landed the plane into the Hudson river, thereby saving everyone's lives? Something tells me no. If you have humans on the plane, you will need to have humans flying the plane. Yes! We should automate more to enhance the human's cognitive abilities, but no, we should not remove the human element. The human mind is still the biggest supercomputer we have when it comes to improvisation.
- hnriot 13y agoHumans could have remotely landed that plane, just like they do with drones every day.
- WalterBright 13y agoOn water? It needed every bit of that pilot's skill, which also meant every bit of feedback about the situation was needed. No freakin' way - there's no bandwidth for that amount of information.
- SEJeff 13y agoForgot to mention, I was a UAV Pilot of the Shadow 200 TUAV in the US Army and logged about 480 combat flying hours. Here is a pic of me in a Shadow Ground Control Station in 2002ish. As a result, I know a good bit more than most about UAVs, which most people refer to as simply "drones". On Wikipedia, I'm Enigmasoldier. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_control_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_control_station