Miriam English wrote:
>
> At 01:31 PM 11/09/2001 -0700, Holden, Steve wrote:
> >Per the 'manual override' comment in an earlier post:
> >My father flies 757 and 767 airplanes for American Airlines, just like the
> >ones hijacked today. It's not possible to disable manual override and put
> >them on a collision course.
>
> This is a good argument for having AIs able to override dangerous
> situations. I know pilots would not be happy about it, but making planes
> "smart" and able to avoid such dangers on their own would make such nasty
> acts *way* more difficult.
Unless, of course, repression of AI rights results in the formation of
the AILO: The Artificial Inteligence Liberation Organization....
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