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OftenBen  ·  3809 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: When drones fall from the sky

    This is a very silly statement. Poll 100 people if they're afraid to walk on the sidewalk because cars jump the curbs all the time and 100 of them will tell you that "rogue cars" are not amongst their key worries.

Regardless of if they worry about it or not, it's still something that can happen.

I'm not saying there won't be, or shouldn't be legislation or licensing. I am saying that we accept all sorts of risks, and legislate around them.

When it comes to equivalence of skill, white was just saying that you can point and click on a map and it will circle at a pre-set altitude, completely on its own. A company doesn't need to have a fleet of elite drivers, they need good automation and a few guys to make sure shit doesn't get wonky. Skill has absolutely nothing to do with it.

    You can lead a horse to water...

In this particular regard kb, I just don't understand your argument. 150 people on an airplane that could malfunction and kill them all is ok, a 10lb drone maybe killing a few people over the course of years is not ok?