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Old April 10th 05, 06:38 PM
Paul Tomblin
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In a previous article, "Kev" said:
The AI is an instrument that's overdue for better human engineering.

Almost everyone's had a moment of confusion figuring out which way the
plane was banking, because of the way the horizon moves but the
airplane "wings" stay level.


Russian/Soviet AIs do the opposite - the horizon line is fixed and the
little airplane moves. It must be very confusing for people who had to
switch between "our" sort and "those" sort or back the other way.


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