Re:Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck Pedestrian Wasn’t Set t...
by JorgeGT on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:06AM
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AFAIK Airbus has a TCAS-capable AP/FD, certified at least for the A380, which can automatically fly RAs by itself: https://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Autopilot/Flight_Directo...
Instructions from TCAS are near absolute in their priority. If ATC says to do something different, you ignore ATC and do what TCAS says. If the pilot in command says to do something different, you ignore the pilot in command and do what TCAS says. If somehow God Himself is on your plane and tells you to do something different, you ignore Him and do what TCAS says. Compliance with TCAS is non-negotiable, and the Überlingen disaster[1] is the bloody example of why it's that way.
Self-driving/autonomous-car systems need to have a similar absolute authority built in. If Uber disabled theirs because of false positives, it's a sign Uber shouldn't be running those cars on public roads.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_%C3%9Cberlingen_mid-air_c...