Speaking of which... President Donald Trump says airplanes are 'becoming far too complex to fly' His solution? "pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT," So, yea, add yet another layer of complexity by having planes flown by AI*. Then Trump can push MAGA for pilots. *sigh* Yet another great example of how Trump denounces someone else to turn out and prove it's because he believes the exact thing he denounces--either he's pro getting rid of pilots or he's effectively arguing for eliminating airplanes.
Hell, until we get self-driving cars, I don't think we should have wholly self-flying planes--and yes, I know in theory planes should be easier because you have planes at different altitudes and you don't have to worry about pedestrians, following limited paths, etc but the point is that planes are incredibly complex and failing safe would be exceptionally hard.
* Fun fact but plenty of fly-by-wire planes that are so hard to control often have equivalent to an AI that aids in keeping the plane up. Sometimes it's the AI that causes the problem directly by sensor failure or the like. Sometime it's the AI that indirectly cause the problem by masking issues until it's too late for the human pilot to more generally correct for. And of course, plenty of times it's human error, hardware malfunction, etc. The point is, as much as auto pilot is a thing and does a lot, it seems at best unwise to replace humans or even talk about complexity as the basis to switch to AI.
