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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by skybrian on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:59AM (#12480803)
As far as I know there isn't any autopilot that can fly a plane unattended unless you are flying on instruments. Collisions are avoided by relying on the air traffic control system knowing where all the planes are scheduled to be. (Plus plenty of backup warning systems.)

You can still use an autopilot when flying visually but then it's up to you to watch for traffic. This is using it like cruise control.

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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by Xylakant on Monday September 12, 2016 @02:51PM (#12482545)
> Collisions are avoided by relying on the air traffic control system knowing where all the planes are scheduled to be. (Plus plenty of backup warning systems.)

Yes, perfectly fine. If Teslas autopilot can rely on external traffic control to provide that information, call it autopilot. As long as it can't don't.

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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by assface on Monday September 12, 2016 @01:44PM (#12481866)
> As far as I know there isn't any autopilot that can fly a plane unattended

CMU is working on this (seriously).

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