DARPA Advances AI Program For Air Traffic Control

coondoggie writes to tell us that DARPA has taken the next step in a program that aims to utilize artificial intelligence for the purposes of air traffic control. "GILA will also help Air Force planners use and retain the skills of expert operators, especially as they rotate out of the Air Force. DARPA says the artificial intelligence software will learn by assembling knowledge from different sources — including generating knowledge by reasoning. According to a Military & Aerospace item, such software has to combine limited observations with subject expertise, general knowledge, reasoning, and by asking what-if questions."

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How about..

[MadUndergrad]

How about we replace the TSA with AI? It couldn't possibly do worse than the current bunch of goons.

Try something safer first - fix baggage handling

[trolltalk.com]

Before trying something as ambitious as routing airplanes, why not see if they can route luggage?

1. If it doesn't work, it can't get much worse than the current situation
2. So terrorists hack the system - and your luggage actually ends up where its supposed to go for a change!
3. Try crashing a Samsonite into a scyscraper ...

Im in favor of this

[jandrese]

First off, given the political nature of the FAA this system won't be live anytime during the next few decades, maybe not even during your lifetime. Secondly, ATCs are among the most stressful jobs you can actually do. The burnout rate on your average controller is insane, even with their extensive mandatory vacations and shift rotations. They're also getting harder and harder to replace and train as the number of airplanes in the sky increases with each year. It certainly won't be any less stressful once ADS-B is finally deployed and the inter-plane distances are decreased to increase the number of birds sharing the airspace.