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[David Hayward]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

david, no matter how powerful and sensor-loaded you make a computer, if it doesn't have a conscience or a human-like self awareness it won't ever perform like a real pilot.

I would not expect it to perform like a real pilot. I would expect it to perform much, much better than a real pilot. It doesn't need a conscience or self-awareness to do that, it needs situational awareness and the ability to quickly calculate aerodynamic related equations. All you need from the pilot is to point to a spot on a map to tell the aircraft where to go.