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Don’t Freak Over Boeing’s Self-Flying Plane—Robots Already Run the Skies

Posted on 2017 June 13 by polgarp · Tagged in Aviation
Original link: https://www.wired.com/story/boeing-autonomous-plane-autopilot

A fully automated plane is not as terrifying, as an automated plane with mandatory human oversight. This would mean once again systems, where the easiest, routine tasks are automated, and humans are expected to handle to more tricky situations - when they are bored, out of routine, without any opportunity to learn by experience, and without any warm up. Leads to the classic HCI situation, where tons of usability work needed to avoid errors.

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