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by seanmcdirmid 4011 days ago
> Almost nothing "in production" with the military is autonomous for the entire flight, just piloted from the ground.

We are awfully close:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B

http://www.wired.com/2013/07/navy-drone/

There is definitely a point where the drones are going to be better at take off and landing than human pilots, in that case...safety will become an issue (why let humans do it when the drone can do safer?).

The same will happen with cars. It is only a question of whether that happens in 2020 or 2030.