> fixed wing aircraft with engines vs. wings that flap
It's a pretty old argument, and a little unfair. The better comparison would be between between bird's wings and drone's rotors, and even then if you wanted to compare an owl's agility at swooping and landing on branches to that of a drone, rotors aren't serving as well as flappy wings.
For sure, in terms of transatlantic flight and carrying capacity, fixed-wing all the way. But for neural networks, a lot of what's useful isn't doing things that are altogether different from what humans do, just automated and faster.
It's a pretty old argument, and a little unfair. The better comparison would be between between bird's wings and drone's rotors, and even then if you wanted to compare an owl's agility at swooping and landing on branches to that of a drone, rotors aren't serving as well as flappy wings.
For sure, in terms of transatlantic flight and carrying capacity, fixed-wing all the way. But for neural networks, a lot of what's useful isn't doing things that are altogether different from what humans do, just automated and faster.