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Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ... by tomp on Saturday January 18, 2020 @04:29PM (#22087386)
How much do pilots actually pilot vs how much do they just assume responsibility? I.e. I as a passenger feel much safer knowing that there's someone actually responsible to prevent me from dying (because if the plane crashes, the pilot dies with me), not just some C_O suits pushing PR through legal trying to gaslight the public and avoid any culpability (cough Boeing cough).
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Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ... by ottowinter on Saturday January 18, 2020 @05:52PM (#22087953)
That's exactly the point, even if pilots use autopilot most of the time (level 4 autonomy).

Guess when they take control? When something bad is happening (and there are literally a million things that can go wrong and the autopilot could not fix, ever).

Guess why MCAS did not result in more crashes (the system has been known to malfunction a couple of times before the crashes)? Righty because there were pilots that could manually control the plane well enough to land safely.

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