Yes, but for a limited time only.
Can Claude Fly a Plane?
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#22The question of 'can it fly' is clearly a 'yes, given a little bit of effort'. Flying isn't hard, autopilots have been around a long time. It is recognizing and dealing with things you didn't anticipate that is hard. I think it is more interesting to have 99% of flying done with automated systems but have an LLM focus on recognizing unanticipated situations and recovering or mitigating them.
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#23Prepare for landing "rate limit exceeded" (Error 429)" ;-)
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#24Besides the article, I think a big issue for this would be the speed of the input-decision-act loop as it should be pretty fast and Claude would introduce a lot of latency in it.
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#25Let's hope you don't reach Claude's session limit during approach, while trying to correct a slightly too steep descent angle.
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#26I wouldn't really worry about flying, but more about taking off/landing.
Related from December 2025: Garmin Emergency Autoland deployed for the first time
https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/aviation-news/aviation-sa...
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#28We already have advanced autopilots that can fly commercial airliners. We just don't trust them enough to not have human pilots. I would trust the autopilot more than freaking Claude. We already do, every day.
I don't think anyone is suggesting we should do that...but it's still a fun project to play around with?
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#29If there's a timeline where claude can actually fly a plane, then operating nuclear reactors can be possible as well.
Re: Can Claude Fly a Plane?
#30The question of 'can it fly' is clearly a 'yes, given a little bit of effort'. Flying isn't hard, autopilots have been around a long time. It is recognizing and dealing with things you didn't anticipate that is hard. I think it is more interesting to have 99% of flying done with automated systems but have an LLM focus on recognizing unanticipated situations and recovering or mitigating them.
>I think it is more interesting to have 99% of flying done with automated systems but have an LLM focus on recognizing unanticipated situations and recovering or mitigating them.
Seeing how Claude (or any current LLM) perform in even the most low-stake coding scenario I dont think I would ever set foot on a plane where the 1% of most risky scenarios are decided by one.