So how many planes need to slam into each other before it has gathered enough data to work out it's not a good thing?

As the title suggests, GILA will be a poisonous threat to man and since it certainly qualifies as the predecessor to Skynet, I wonder why there is no EL Vulture trademarked "RoTM" symbol next to the article so humanoids everywhere are warned of our impending doom.

I for one, welcome our self aware silicon overlords.

i remember the strange predictions of timothy leary and alain jourgenson [rev-co/ministry/lard/2000hdjs]

from 1993's rev-co hit "Gila Copter" no less

http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/revolting_cocks_lyrics_33341/other_lyrics_64247/gila_copter_lyrics_636231.html

"The company believes that GILA will become a true expert system, able to build up knowledge in a continual process"-and eventually it will realize that it no longer needs it's carbon based handlers.

-insert Terminator2 first scene clip here-

and crashes in sympathy, whenever the French air traffic controllers, or Spanish baggage handlers, go on strike. now thats intelligence .

If they'd put $22M into the ATC as-is, wouldn't that have improved efficiency and improved job security...

Hum this one sounds even more like the Governator, its trained then sent out to fight in non learning mode, To teach it something new you must cut off it's hair and open its head.......

the end is near......

Maybe you need to flip into learning mode and re read the article. It's an expert system, not a neural net.

The "Lockheed GILA bigwig" is named Ken Whitebread? If I were an alien cyborg trying to conquer the Earthlings with remotely controlled machine intelligence (and I'm not, I swear), that is exactly the sort of name I would choose to try and blend in with unsuspecting humans.

I wonder what Corbin Dallas would have to say about that.

"YOU HAVE JUST HAD.. AN ACCIDENT!"

"Yes, I know, I know, I just had an accident!"

"YOU HAVE ONE POINT REMAINING ON YOUR LICENSE..."

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Just for anyone who might be bored...

'Nuff said.