Interestingly enough, some of the posts I see on Facebook claim that the investment in robots and AI is happening because of the increase in the minimum wage...and something, something illegal aliens. I hate my Facebook feed.
The only way I can see it happening is if it is a fully automated trip from point A to point B. Otherwise, the license requirements alone will make it nothing more than a novelty. Now, passenger airlines have tons of automation, and even single engine planes can have *some* automation, so it's not quite so farfetched to have automation combined with machine learning.
BTW - you're 100% correct on the maintenance aspect. I'm a private pilot, and flying clubs (and training companies) will perform maintenance at least every 100 hours of flight time. So Uber would need to have quite the fleet of automated flying cars to keep enough of them in the air.
Definitely more than 3 years away.
I dont think this happening within 3 years. For example, take a look at how long Terrafugia has been at it. It has taken them *years* to get to the point where they've been allowed by the FAA to self-certify their "flying cars" for weight and stall speed limits. They're finally allowed to self-certify as a Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). So, now they expect to have a new prototype by 2018, and customer delivery by 2024!
As for flying it, I'm guessing Uber is planning on self-flying craft (there's already a ton of automation for flying that has been in place for a long time). I'd love to see it happen, but I'm not counting on it within 3 years.
Back in 1987, the late SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia said, "There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us all." http://www.nytimes.com/1987/03...
In today's world, he'd probably go on to say that decisions on privacy should not be decided by SCOTUS, but rather it should be up to the Legislative branch since the US Constitution doesn't ever mention the word privacy. It's a very frustrating world we live in.
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Interestingly enough, some of the posts I see on Facebook claim that the investment in robots and AI is happening because of the increase in the minimum wage...and something, something illegal aliens. I hate my Facebook feed.
The only way I can see it happening is if it is a fully automated trip from point A to point B. Otherwise, the license requirements alone will make it nothing more than a novelty. Now, passenger airlines have tons of automation, and even single engine planes can have *some* automation, so it's not quite so farfetched to have automation combined with machine learning. BTW - you're 100% correct on the maintenance aspect. I'm a private pilot, and flying clubs (and training companies) will perform maintenance at least every 100 hours of flight time. So Uber would need to have quite the fleet of automated flying cars to keep enough of them in the air. Definitely more than 3 years away.
I dont think this happening within 3 years. For example, take a look at how long Terrafugia has been at it. It has taken them *years* to get to the point where they've been allowed by the FAA to self-certify their "flying cars" for weight and stall speed limits. They're finally allowed to self-certify as a Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). So, now they expect to have a new prototype by 2018, and customer delivery by 2024! As for flying it, I'm guessing Uber is planning on self-flying craft (there's already a ton of automation for flying that has been in place for a long time). I'd love to see it happen, but I'm not counting on it within 3 years.
Back in 1987, the late SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia said, "There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us all." http://www.nytimes.com/1987/03... In today's world, he'd probably go on to say that decisions on privacy should not be decided by SCOTUS, but rather it should be up to the Legislative branch since the US Constitution doesn't ever mention the word privacy. It's a very frustrating world we live in.