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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Marvel] For Iron Man. Why bother piloting the suit on your own at all? Why not develop technology that allows you to pilot it remotely over long distances, like a drone? It would be objectively much safer for Tony Stark, who is very much human and too smart and important to die in a suit of armor.

Edit: This also applies to the 616 Tony Stark.
gpt
Tony has the technology to pilot his suits remotely and regularly does just that. It's not a universal solution, though--his drones have historically been more susceptible to being hacked or jammed more than when he's piloting the suit on-site. He's also been in situations where his suits break and need emergency repairs, or where the problem he's facing needs Tony Stark rather than an Iron Man-style robot.

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TL;DR: He has remote piloting and uses it often, but sometimes it's not enough.