In reference to the recent crash of German wings from Barcelona to Düsseldorf, the question came up of override of the computer systems which basically flew the airplane on auto pilot. pilots are uncomfortable with the idea of leaving takeoffs and landings to computers, but, and this is a big one, what of present trends continue,many most accidents happen as a result of pilot error or malice, would that not in the future call for very sophisticated systems which could detect those types of happenings?
at that point, pilots suspected of malfeasance, may not have the option of overriding systems, and this is where the Al type proposition is played as a futuristic possibility.
why not? If, totally computer controlled cars are in the works, why not airplanes? The 2004 space adventure may be duplicated, and that may have been a foreshadowing. The argument against it, is that most people would not like to travel in a pilotless plane, and, there are a preponderance of sane pilots out there, to assure a good likelihood of a safe and secure journey. To me this copilot acted like a run bisork computer, anamolous to Al, who shut the systems down, when it got suspicious that people were trying to mess with It. I think the similarity between human and artificial systems are narrowing, where both may be utilized sort of in tandem, one scrutinizing the other, but ultimately, working together, and controlling gradually, sequentially, to not let the situation reach critical levels. Computers would, for instance, at the notice of psychological distress, notify an emergency psych team, to diffuse the human system,nworking in conjunction with the other pilot, and the automatic system? In this scenario, both would be needed, and it,would become acquisition of not what replaces who, but of how synthetic system could be developed.