Flying Too High: AI and Air France Flight 447
Panic has erupted in the cockpit of Air France Flight 447...
Panic has erupted in the cockpit of Air France Flight 447. The pilots are convinced they鈥檝e lost control of the plane. It鈥檚 lurching violently. Then, it begins plummeting from the sky at breakneck speed, careening towards catastrophe. The pilots are sure they鈥檙e done-for.
Only, they haven鈥檛 lost control of the aircraft at all: one simple manoeuvre could avoid disaster鈥�
In the age of artificial intelligence, we often compare humans and computers, asking ourselves which is 鈥渂etter鈥�. But is this even the right question? The case of Air France Flight 447 suggests it isn't - and that the consequences of asking the wrong question are disastrous.
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