I've been watching "Air Disasters" on Smithsonian Channel - as if I needed another reason not to fly! What surprises me is how many accidents are a result of computer/technical errors - mechanical glitches or plain old computer glitches - that the humans either didn't anticipate or can't resolve because of the complexity of the machines.…
I've been watching "Air Disasters" on Smithsonian Channel - as if I needed another reason not to fly! What surprises me is how many accidents are a result of computer/technical errors - mechanical glitches or plain old computer glitches - that the humans either didn't anticipate or can't resolve because of the complexity of the machines. In other words, screw self-driving cars/planes, etc. They actually need the humans, faulty as we are, to operate them.
Except that there's always room for human error. That computer "glitch" might be made by a programmer who hadn't had his morning coffee. But very often, it is a cascade of human error that brings a plane down. For your reading pleasure, many such stories can be found here:
One of the biggest mistakes the US made was dumping a great passenger RR system for cars. I love watching "Mighty Trains" on Smithsonian Channel. Even today, trains provide substantial percentages of moving goods in the US.
I've been watching "Air Disasters" on Smithsonian Channel - as if I needed another reason not to fly! What surprises me is how many accidents are a result of computer/technical errors - mechanical glitches or plain old computer glitches - that the humans either didn't anticipate or can't resolve because of the complexity of the machines. In other words, screw self-driving cars/planes, etc. They actually need the humans, faulty as we are, to operate them.
Except that there's always room for human error. That computer "glitch" might be made by a programmer who hadn't had his morning coffee. But very often, it is a cascade of human error that brings a plane down. For your reading pleasure, many such stories can be found here:
https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/
I'll take the train. :)
One of the biggest mistakes the US made was dumping a great passenger RR system for cars. I love watching "Mighty Trains" on Smithsonian Channel. Even today, trains provide substantial percentages of moving goods in the US.