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[–] 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yes but I consider avionics to be almost quaint compared to the complexity of modern computers and software. A FADEC is still just a FSM, deterministic, and based on Boolean logic.

From what I've seen of this new-fangled AI stuff all the kids are talking about, it seems the ideas of IF-THEN-ELSE or functions, or code itself, are about as relevant as rubbing sticks together to make smoke, not even a fire.

Being able to run zillions of "parameters", whatever they are, on endless quillions of petabytes of "training data" to get ... something... is something that's beyond my ken.

But I still think we should shove this old stinker in an AI-designed and flown plane. Have you read this novel:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incompetence_(novel)

He didn't predict AI, but rather, a future that makes Idiocracy look preferable.

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