An airplane has, for the first time, automatically landed itself after an in-flight emergency, according to the system’s manufacturer.
Two people emerged unscathed from the Beechcraft Super King Air 200 after it stopped on the runway at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport near Denver, according to video posted by emergency responders.
The twin-engine turboprop landed under the control of Garmin’s Autoland system, which the company says is now installed on about 1,700 airplanes. “This was the first use of Autoland from start-to-finish in an actual emergency,” Garmin said in a statement.
It’s disappointing to see so many posts from outraged users railing about the dangers of automation, who clearly haven’t read the article and don’t seem to understand what actually happened.
This story is actually what it purports to be, it’s an example of a safety system working correctly in an emergency. That’s all it is, not all that exciting to be honest. There was no bug or accidental activation, or AI uprising.
The only weird part is that the pilots could have landed themselves if they had wanted to, but chose not to. If there were any passengers on board that would have certainly been called a criminally reckless choice. As it was just the pilots though, I suppose it was just bold/dangerous/dumb. (Though on the other hand, they learned more about their aircraft in the process and they tested a critical safety feature, which are both good things.)
any mention of AI/automation triggers people now into thinking it’s evil/wrong. And any rational support of it gets you downvoted.
People just need something to irrationally hate i guess? It’s funny how every lemmy poster things they are so smart but their responses are overwhelmingy knee-jerk and emotional and often totally disproportionate to the context.