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The FAA's plan to fix air traffic? $875M worth of AI (https://techcrunch.com)

26 points by danso 2 days ago | 17 comments | View on ycombinator

itopaloglu83 2 days ago |

I don’t understand why we’re using a voice based system to pass along a couple of structs worth of data for decades now.

You want to get your approach clearance or weather report? Just call up the ATC on busy line with bunch of people talking fast and over each other.

gepardi 2 days ago |

“Cloud-based”.

What happens when the cloud services experience an issue?

This seems like a bad idea in general.

StanislavPetrov 2 days ago |

Hallucinations when it comes to air traffic are going to be just swell.

bmitc 2 days ago |

Isn't the staffing shortage directly because of Trump?