New drone has no pilot anywhere, so who’s accountable? The Navy is testing an autonomous plane that will land on an aircraft carrier. The prospect of heavily armed aircraft screaming through the skies without direct human control is unnerving to many.
Photo: The X-47B drone. Credit: Chad Slattery, Northrop Grumman
Today in things Hollywood totally predicted but for whatever reason those with money and power have chosen to completely ignore.
“not accountable” - but that’s the whole point! it’s like a Privateer of the skies, except paid for by the taxpayer :)
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
