I wonder if they'll have engines..

Just another tech loser who wants to keep the US at war for profit.

He reportedly wants to design an entirely new avionics system from the ground up that will help the company create the “first light jet to focus on artificial-intelligence flight,” which could open the door for defense contracts.

What was the crime he was pardoned for? Ah yes. Fraud.

A scammer scams?

Yeah, that follows

I’m not always of this opinion, but in this case a willing investor in this scheme deserves to lose their money.

Why don't plane companies already put computers in their planes, are they stupid??

Oh wait, they do. And they still have expensive pilots, because the billions from Boeing, Airbus, Garmin, Lockheed, BAE etc. couldn't get it to be perfectly reliable [1] in all edge cases.

[1]: actually, not reliable enough. Risk assessment and management in planes is a super fascinating topic, the only risk-free plane would never move and cost 50 quadrillion dollars

Autonomous planes or stochastic cruise missiles. You be the judge.

Even just from a practical point of view, this sounds like a horrible idea. The pilot is about the one thing you should not skimp on.

But at least everyone on the plane will look photorealistic.