To prevent what happened on flight 990 (assuming that it was an intentional crash) a preventative measure would be a major change in philosophy. When the pilot dropped paddles, he took computer controls out of the picture. The fix would be computer monitoring and ability to overrule the pilot when there is supposed to be no such capability. That disconnect is in hardware and is a specifically tested flight safety function. A modification to change that (and it would be a major one) would have visibility.
When computers become more trusted than humans it will truly be a brave new world. Computers smarter than humans would be that. I do worry.
I doubt that learning software would be allowed to modify its rules while actually in flight.
And computers don't exhibit suicidal tendencies like people do.
A pilot crashed a passenger plane? That was rude.
There is (political) controversy about this https://www.historicmysteries.com/egyptair-flight-990/
To prevent what happened on flight 990 (assuming that it was an intentional crash) a preventative measure would be a major change in philosophy. When the pilot dropped paddles, he took computer controls out of the picture. The fix would be computer monitoring and ability to overrule the pilot when there is supposed to be no such capability. That disconnect is in hardware and is a specifically tested flight safety function. A modification to change that (and it would be a major one) would have visibility.
When computers become more trusted than humans it will truly be a brave new world. Computers smarter than humans would be that. I do worry.