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Don't worry folks! Computer programming control will work great. (Original Post) Jacson6 Yesterday OP
What is this about Waymo and sexual assaults? AZJonnie Yesterday #1
Don't worry folks! Computer programming control will work great blizzard49 Yesterday #2
Reminds me of a very old joke that went around when cockpit automation was introduced... erronis Yesterday #3
There we were . . . Aussie105 Yesterday #4
Somebody overdubbed audio from what sounds like an episode of Frontline over an Airbus crash video. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #5
Crash in 1988. A demonstration flight at an air show. Liberal In Texas Yesterday #6

AZJonnie

(765 posts)
1. What is this about Waymo and sexual assaults?
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:33 PM
Yesterday

I cannot imagine that the odds of a woman alone being sexually assaulted is HIGHER in an unmanned vehicle than it would be for a regular, manned vehicle. I mean I'm opposed to self-driving taxis for other reasons, but that is really not one of them. Am I missing some scenario I'd not considered?

Also, technology has advanced quite a bit since 1988, just saying.

blizzard49

(2 posts)
2. Don't worry folks! Computer programming control will work great
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:35 PM
Yesterday

The pilots did not understand the flight control laws.

erronis

(19,273 posts)
3. Reminds me of a very old joke that went around when cockpit automation was introduced...
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 07:01 PM
Yesterday
This is your pilot speaking.

You are now flying with a wonderful new automated system that will handle the controls and make sure we land safely.

... and land safely.
... and land safely.
...

Aussie105

(6,974 posts)
4. There we were . . .
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:56 PM
Yesterday

In a holding pattern above a very busy Gatwick airport, way back in 1988.

Except the holding pattern was a bit of a square, with some very sharp corners.
Didn't know them big airplanes could bank that much and that sudden!
Automated process, I was told. The computers did that, I was told.
The wings didn't fall off, so there is that.

LudwigPastorius

(12,289 posts)
5. Somebody overdubbed audio from what sounds like an episode of Frontline over an Airbus crash video.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 10:05 PM
Yesterday

The video shows a crash that was being flown by humans, not a computer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_296Q

Liberal In Texas

(15,143 posts)
6. Crash in 1988. A demonstration flight at an air show.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 10:18 PM
Yesterday

There is some controversary about the fault. Pilot error or the aircrafts computer not allowing the plane to be pulled up by the pilots.

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