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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.We already trust computers to run driverless trains (on the Docklands Light Railway). Most routine operations on commercial airliners (including landing) are now carried out by computers (with many airlines having to remind pilots to turn the technology off occasionally, so that they don't forget how to do it manually). Driverless cars are on the horizon.
So perhaps we shouldn't be too surprised by the development of computer-operated passenger drones? I think that I'd be prepared to to try one once (just for the thrill of it) but I might not yet be confident enough to trust them for regular travel.
So perhaps we shouldn't be too surprised by the development of computer-operated passenger drones? I think that I'd be prepared to to try one once (just for the thrill of it) but I might not yet be confident enough to trust them for regular travel.
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If the drones are only going to operate on regular routes (as the trains on the Docklands Light Railay do) then they can be almost entirely controlled by a computer. However, if they're to operate in the same way that military drones do, there will still need to be a land-based pilot taking control (who could be totally pished!)
If the drones are only going to operate on regular routes (as the trains on the Docklands Light Railay do) then they can be almost entirely controlled by a computer. However, if they're to operate in the same way that military drones do, there will still need to be a land-based pilot taking control (who could be totally pished!)
true, or just flat-out overworked like air traffic controllers.
Still, it might be worth saying there's a difference between cars/trains and planes. It's like if you stretch a rope along the floor you can easily walk along it without falling off; stretch it across the Niagara Falls and it's suddenly a very different proposition.
Still, it might be worth saying there's a difference between cars/trains and planes. It's like if you stretch a rope along the floor you can easily walk along it without falling off; stretch it across the Niagara Falls and it's suddenly a very different proposition.
I've never been on the DLR but 10 years ago I was on what was then the new Ligne 14 on the Paris Metro, which was driverless. A strange experience; I was unaware that it was driverless and couldn't understand why my entry to the platform was blocked by a series of glass doors which opened automatically when a train came to a stop.