If I get the paper written, I’m sure I’ll blog about it. The issues you raise are terribly obvious. Can’t think of any reason I’d imagine that someone in the field wouldn’t understand them.
That’s because the “field” was a sandbox back when this experiment was performed. It was one of the first successful neural nets, and it had to be handled by people who knew the field it was dabbling in - satellite photo reconnaissance.
Hindsight is 20-20 in most instances, but sometimes the people in charge aren’t looking at the history one would like them two.
For many applications, I think it’s fine to use self-teaching software. At this point, I don’t agree that the aero field is ready to take the risk.
Have a great evening - NCIS is coming on, so I’m going offline. (A man has to have a FEW vices, right?!? ;-P)