Minneapolis City Council Thinks Driverless Cars Need Drivers

Would you take a flight on a plane piloted by AI? No one in the cockpit, just Claude? I’m sure it would be easier for the airline — no pilots to pay, no worries about crews timing out. The tower would just say, “Agent, fly the 737 to London,” and the plane would take off, then nose-dive into the ground.

Tower: “Claude, you killed everyone on board by trying to go straight through the earth instead of flying through the air.”

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Would you take a flight on a plane piloted by AI? No one in the cockpit, just Claude? I’m sure it would be easier for the airline — no pilots to pay, no worries about crews timing out. The tower would just say, “Agent, fly the 737 to London,” and the plane would take off, then nose-dive into the ground.

Tower: “Claude, you killed everyone on board by trying to go straight through the earth instead of flying through the air.”