Chapter 98 16.7 Seeking Coordinated Control

The word I'm looking for is closer to "coordinated control".I've seen this term used in some mechanical contexts.Landing a 747 jumbo jet smoothly in bad weather is a complex task.Because there are hundreds of systems running at the same time on the plane, high-speed flight requires quick response, and pilots are often sleepy after long-distance flights, coupled with bad weather, all make computers capable of driving better than human pilots Work.Hundreds of lives are tied to one body, and no mistakes and mistakes are allowed.So why not have a very smart machine control the plane?

Engineers added an autopilot system to the plane.Facts have proved that this system works very well.Its jumbo jets fly and land flawlessly.Autopilot also easily satisfies air traffic controllers' desire for order—everything is digitally monitored.The original idea was that human pilots could monitor the computers for possible problems.But the only problem is that humans are not very good at being such passive overseers.They get bored, so their minds wander, and they ignore some crucial details.Then, suddenly, an emergency happened and they had to scramble to "fight the fire". So instead of having the pilot stare at the computer, the new idea is to have the computer stare at the pilot instead.Europe's Airbus A320, one of the world's most autonomous aircraft to date, takes this approach.Since 1988, onboard computers on planes have been monitoring pilots.When the pilot pushes the stick to turn the plane, the computer calculates how much to bank left or right, but it doesn't allow the plane to bank more than 67 degrees, nor to raise or lower the nose more than 30 degrees.In the words of Scientific American, that means "the software weaves an electronic cocoon that prevents the plane from exceeding its structural limits." In 1989, British Airways pilots flying a 747 had to override a computer order to reduce power in six different accidents.If they hadn't been successful in correcting errors in the autopilot system—which Boeing later blamed on bugs in the program—it could have resulted in the crash.On the Airbus A320, there is no means for the pilot to correct the automatic system.

Human pilots feel like they are fighting for control of the plane.Should computers be pilots or navigators?Pilots joked that the computer was like a dog in the cockpit.The dog's job is to bite the pilot when he wants to take control; the only thing the pilot has to do is feed the dog.In fact, in the new lingo of automated flight, pilots are called "system administrators." I believe computers will eventually be the co-pilots on airplanes.It will do what many pilots are not capable of.However, the pilot manages -- or "herds" -- the behavior of the computer.And there will always be little friction between the two—machine and human—as with all autonomous things.They will fly the aircraft in a coordinated manner.

Pete Litvinowitz is the graphics guy at Apple, and he's done an amazing job.He extracted body and facial movements from a live actor and applied them to a digital actor.He starts by having a human actor order a dry martini in a melodramatic fashion, and then uses these gestures—a raised eyebrow, a smirk on the lips, a jerk of the head—to manipulate a cat's face department activities.In this way, the cat interprets the line in exactly the same way as the actor.Litvinowitz then used the actor's expression on a cartoon character, then on a wooden classical mask, and finally he even had tree trunks do the same.Human actors won't lose their jobs because of this.While some characters are fully autonomous, the vast majority are hybrid in nature.An actor could bring an animated cat to life, and the cat would in turn teach him how to be more cat-like.Actors can "pilot" cartoon characters like cowboys on horseback, or pilots in computer-helmed airplanes.The digital hermit turtle can fly around the world by itself, while the human actors who share control with it will occasionally put on makeup with a smile on their faces, or let out a strange cry just right.

"Terminator II" director James Cameron recently told a group of computer graphics experts: "Actors love makeup. They're willing to sit in a makeup chair for eight hours. We have to involve them in compositing characters." in the creation of. Giving them new bodies and new faces to expand their performances." The future of control is: partnership, collaborative control, human-machine hybrid control.All of this means that the Creator must share control, and breathe, with his creation.