AI ethics and autonomous systems lessons gleaned from that recent Alaska Airlines flight where the pilot and co-pilot disagreed prior to taking off and abruptly opted to taxi back to the terminal and go their separate ways
Airlines have been in the news quite a bit lately.
We are in the summertime crunch of flights. Weary and frustrated passengers find themselves facing all sorts of flight disruptions and airline scheduling contortions. Flights get canceled unexpectedly. Flights are delayed. Passengers fume. There have been unfortunately many instances of passengers that allow these vexations to erupt, and we’ve seen woefully way too many viral videos of head-to-head confrontations and sometimes pummeling fisticuffs.