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| From | rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.arch.embedded |
| Subject | Re: QF72 story - wow |
| Date | 2017-05-17 19:56 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <ofinp8$v8u$3@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 5/17/2017 5:27 PM, Dimiter_Popoff wrote: > On 17.5.2017 г. 23:03, rickman wrote: >> On 5/17/2017 2:43 PM, Dimiter_Popoff wrote: >>> On 17.5.2017 г. 18:54, rickman wrote: >>>> On 5/17/2017 11:13 AM, Reinhardt Behm wrote: >>>> ...... >>>>>> Don't worry about the details, consider the statistics. Computers >>>>>> only >>>>>> need to be better than people and so far they have been for driving >>>>>> cars. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you have 1 in 1E6 chance of dying with a human pilot and a 1 in >>>>>> 1E7 >>>>>> chance of dying with a computer pilot, which will you choose? >>>>> >>>>> When sitting in that plane over NYC my preferences would be clear. >>>>> Against >>>>> all statistics. >>>> >>>> This is such a perfect example of emotion ruling over logic. Thank >>>> you. >>> >>> No it is not. Just the statistics are based on incomplete or invalid >>> data. >>> >>> Here is an example why. Fewer people die in plain crashes per >>> person*distance than in car crashes, this is known. >>> However the percentage of idiots among pilots is a lot lower than >>> among drivers; I am sure the results will be different if the same >>> comparison is made say for planes vs. buses on reputable bus lines. >> >> You are mixing issues. If you compare cars vs. airplane, that is cars >> vs. airplanes. What do busses have to do with anything? > > I am sure you see the point, you just choose denial. > >> >>> Then there are nowhere near enough data to make the stats on human >>> pilots vs. autopilots on similar enough planes, it will all be below >>> the noise floor. >> >> And yet the data is there and it is clear. > > No it is not. > >> >> >>> Completely automated planes are a good idea a target which must be >>> pursued but humanity is not there yet, not by a long stretch. >>> Then given how *messy* todays software is I don't see it done any >>> time soon. >> >> We don't know the future. But again, you are discussing your emotions, >> not the facts. > > Not at all, where did you see any emotion in that. > >> >> >>> I know I would want to have access to all the controls - debugging >>> included... - if I flew an autopiloted plane *I* have programmmed - and >>> my software is anything but messy. >> >> If you have no confidence in your code, I certainly don't. I'm staying >> off of Popoff airlines. > > You are trying to be smart because you understand you are wrong now, OK. > I am sure to understand my point well enough - which is that I would > choose to have control even over my software which I deem safer than > anyone elses. If you don't want to discuss the issue, why did you reply? -- Rick C
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Re: QF72 story - wow rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-17 11:54 -0400
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Re: QF72 story - wow rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-17 16:03 -0400
Re: QF72 story - wow Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2017-05-18 00:27 +0300
Re: QF72 story - wow rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-17 19:56 -0400
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Re: QF72 story - wow rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-16 10:25 -0400
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Re: QF72 story - wow upsidedown@downunder.com - 2017-05-16 19:10 +0300
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Re: QF72 story - wow rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-16 10:47 -0400
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Re: QF72 story - wow Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2017-05-17 22:20 +0800
Re: QF72 story - wow rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-17 10:36 -0400
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