Freedom of Speech:

With the introduction of Artificial Intelligence to air travel, airlines can hide secrets about what goes on inside of the cockpit, and communication can become dangerous. 

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A whistle-blower is someone inside of an organization that exposes illegal or unethical actions. With only the use of AI, airlines and aircraft manufacturers would be able to hide any illegal or unethical actions by programming their AI to allow such actions. For example, A whistle-blower disclosed allegations of insufficient training to Office of Special Council in 2018. The FAA's independent Office of Audit and Evaluation (AAE) determined that 16 out of 22 safety inspectors, including those at the Seattle Aircraft Evaluation Group, had not completed formal training. Further, 11 of the 16 under trained safety inspectors did not have Certified Flight Instructor certificates, which are a basic position requirement (1). With only the use of AI, Seattle Aircraft Evaluation Group may have gone undetected. 

 

Communication between pilots and ground control is vital to air travel. With the use of AI, there is a risk that people could become obsolete and AI would communicate in an unknown language. For example, two Facebook AI chat bots were communicating in a new language developed without human input and were shut down. 

 

Another reason AI should not be allowed in the cockpit is because people will have a hard time accepting it. The media will attack airlines if their are accidents with AI. An important question to ask is, “How do we assure that it’s good enough that we can either put passengers on it or have a big airplane flying around that’s considered safe?” (2). This question addresses the point that people will constantly attack AI in airplanes questioning its safety. 

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