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Or we could hire more air traffic controllers and upgrading their systems from 1970.
Costs money right? There is money for wars only.
And to pay Saltman and MisAnthropic for tokens... Look yes I know we could hire like 10 ATCs for the cost of this one dude's ChatJippity usage but we've gotta keep the bubble bubbling
But how would Sam Altman and the other tech fascists benefit from that?
That's crazy talk!
Perhaps one could even build a second FAA, to create more opportunities for training for civilian ATCs… but that would make Oklahoma very sad.
What if this is the upgrade?
If the AI was to be trained on explicitly and only information relevant to air traffic control it would likely have very deep knowledge - there’s not mountains of misinformation and people’s personal musings about air traffic control. And as long as a session is refreshed often enough it should never start mentally degrading.
AI is unethical for a lot of reasons and I think we are rushing into this and I don’t trust the people doing it and I hate this time line, but in another time line where sane and smart people are in charge and AI had strict guard rails and security measures an AI could absolutely do the bulk of this job. I’d still want humans around incase of emergencies or to help a pilot who’s in need of information, but the logistics of the job? An AI can be REALLY good at logistics
AI used to mean something. We also used the term "machine learning" to be humble that it isn't perfect.
Now we are calling a chat bot an AI.
the pipeline to ATC is very long, and competitive. like 2+years to become one if you are lucky to get into the program in the first place.