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Re:Toyota invests $394m in Joby Aviation's flying taxis by godelski on Thursday January 16, 2020 @01:56AM (#22062219)
> Autonomous flight is quite common. When it is used, there are still human pilots standing by to take over in case anything goes wrong.

FTFY.

I'm just saying that comparing autonomous flight to autonomous driving isn't fair. Flying is a lot easier for a machine. You already have tons of data streaming in from airports, other planes, and lots of equipment on the vehicle itself.

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Re:Toyota invests $394m in Joby Aviation's flying taxis by nradov on Thursday January 16, 2020 @08:32AM (#22064317)
That's completely wrong. Sure machines can control take off, navigation, and landing as long as everything works. However they are unable to cope with unexpected system failures. A lot of things can go wrong on even the simplest aircraft and it's impossible to anticipate and code for all of them.
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Re:Toyota invests $394m in Joby Aviation's flying taxis by godelski on Thursday January 16, 2020 @11:39PM (#22071905)
There's different levels of autonomy, just to be clear. I'm not saying they are level 5.
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