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UAVs are still piloted. They're just controlled from the ground.
by JHof 13y ago
UAVs are still piloted. They're just controlled from the ground.
- bigiain 13y ago<cynical thought>Remotely piloted by guys who aren't sitting at the pointy end of 100 tons of jetfuel doing 600mph, and therefore might not be quite as well motivated to succeed as their in-jetliner colleagues…
- toomuchtodo 13y agoNot all UAVs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B The X-47B receives commands from the flight deck, but is not directly piloted. It not only can be catapulted from an aircraft carrier, fly its mission, and return with no human input, it can also autonomously on-air refuel from a tanker with no human pilot on the ground.
- JHof 13y agoMaybe piloted is the wrong word. It's not AI. They're still directed and monitored by an operator.