816
America Trembles as Transportation Secretary Announces Plans for Air Traffic Controllers to Lean on AI Tools (futurism.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
212 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 1 point 6 months ago (4 children)

Hi. I dont know shit about flying or the demands of personnel in a control tower (especially at a place like atl). I'm also fairly anti-AI for various reasons. But it seems to me, from ground level and with a view of the trees, that AI would be better at juggling all of the data and variables of planes in the sky, compared to a moron like me. Given that you're a pilot, can you help me understand why that's not the case?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago

    There's an IMMENSE amount of human interaction in air traffic control. The thing AI is the absolute worst at.

    The only real way it could work is if everything was turned over to computers. And we're not there yet.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Do you actually use AI? Even the most advanced models constantly make mistakes. And not small ones either

    These AIs are language models, they are not good at making decisions that require live context or a memory longer than 5 minutes.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent