America Trembles as Transportation Secretary Announces Plans for Air Traffic Controllers to Lean on AI Tools
Briefly

America Trembles as Transportation Secretary Announces Plans for Air Traffic Controllers to Lean on AI Tools
"Secretary Duffy stated, 'This software will say, 'well, listen, we can see this 45 days out. Let's move some of those flights a little bit later, or five, seven, 10 minutes earlier, and we can resolve the issue. And so then you are not delayed.'"},{"
The U.S. Department of Transportation is implementing AI software called SMART to enhance air traffic management. This initiative, confirmed by Secretary Sean Duffy, involves three companies: Palantir, Thales SA, and Air Space Intelligence. The SMART system, costing $12 billion, aims to allow flight controllers to schedule flights weeks in advance, potentially reducing delays. Despite its promise, concerns exist regarding AI's reliability in critical applications, given its history of failures in various management tasks.
Read at Futurism
Unable to calculate read time
[
|
]