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See-and-avoid VFR-type flight would likely be impossible, even with AI doing 100% of the flying and nav. Onboard AI would have to interface with a central traffic control communicating with every vehicle in the controlled airspace and designated ground-to-air transition zones within.
The cost of that type of ATC system would be greater than the cost of all the vehicles most probably.
The big variable in that equation is reliable quantum computing. When you consider it has the potential to increase today’s compute power by factors of millions or billions the results are unimaginable. When combined with AI, quantum computers will likely make things like teleportation a reality.
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These sound like things that you both have said before, and nobody has bothered to set you straight. You say them so matter-of-factly, and they’re just made-up nonsense.
No, we don’t need “quantum computers” or a “central command center” for drone autonomous navigation. We already have cars and toy drones that have autonomous modes.
Additionally, these systems will have lidar, radar, and who knows what else, in addition to cameras. Lidar already only costs about $500 per vehicle in volume.
When these drones are mass-produced and owned by large corporations, the math will work. And as much as I am against the “you will own nothing and be happy.” I could be happy without having to own a vehicle.