Single Pilot Operations — let’s replace airline copilots with AI!
Single Pilot Operations — let’s replace airline copilots with AI!
There’s a shortage of airline pilots. The airlines are cutting training for new pilots, they’re running out of ex-military pilots who want to go civilian, and prospective pilots are reluctant to dr…
McDonald's tried replacing order-takers (don't know what they call them) with AI, and it couldn't even do that...
Plus, planes already have dozens of safety systems that warn real pilots of dangers, they just don't have enough control to take over flying the plane, which is good. If the lane keeping system on my car is any indication, computers are only as good as the environment sensors attached. When my car thinks I'm doing something wrong, like driving on a street with no curbs and shitily painted yellow lines, the steering wheel vibrates like Doug. Doug is my vibrator....
They are mostly. Kiosks now, McDonald's in many areas have permanently shuttled its franchises due to falling sales
He's not talking about the touchscreen kiosk things. He's talking about the drive-through AI order-takers. Which have pretty much been a disaster no matter where you go.
Lots of talk about replacing things with AI, but very little about who's accountable when things go wrong.
Edit: I'd feel much more comfortable with something with lower stakes, like fully automated high-speed rail networks.
very little about who's accountable when things go wrong.
That's one of AI's most important features!
What could go wrong?
They are not gonna repeat that whole fiasco with 0 redundancy right
Yeah, the day there's an airliner that has a single pilot is the day I stop flying ever again.
Airlines have lot of automation, but it atill requires two pilots to make sure the flight completes safely, especially when there's failures or erroneous sensor data. One big bird can end your entire career.
Oh look it’s Charlie Kirk.