There some people gonna die
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And some politicians will get off scot free with the "WeLl It WaSnT Us iN CoNtRoL oF De aI!1!" Line.
Glad I don't fly.
Oh god please no.
Oh man! Pilot here.
And we thought Reagan fucked up!
It's still appropriate to blame Reagan, funnily enough.
Or we could hire more air traffic controllers and upgrading their systems from 1970.
Perhaps one could even build a second FAA, to create more opportunities for training for civilian ATCs… but that would make Oklahoma very sad.
Aside from obvious safety issues, I fully expect your already numb ass will sit on the runway/gate for another hour while the palantir executives private jets laden with your tax dollars take up all of the takeoff slots. Enjoy that knowledge while the kid behind you starts kicking the back of your seat.
What I'm hearing is, they will literally risk people dying on planes just to train AI AND would rather do that than hire/employ actual staff that will do the work. Somehow, paying their staff a liveable wage and treating them like a human being just doesn't bode well enough for the rich people making these decisions.
This is fucking insane. I bet you that none of the places with private jets flying all these asshole c-suite execs are using AI. It's only being forced on the public because the idiots bought into the hype and don't know how else to make money out of it.
Actually no them too. Peter Theil is shockingly stupid and crazy. He believes it'll work and if it doesn't he's so special nothing bad can happen to him
...nothing bad can happen to him
Honest question: When was the last time something bad actually happened to these people?
Epstein if he's even dead. Dead insurance exec #1 that made luigi a verb.
I wonder how many plane crashes it'll take before this changes.
If at all.
Look at how quick we got used to school shootings and climate change and death-squad healthcare and a bunch of other awfulnesses.
We are very good at taking abuse and carrying on with it.
Aircraft accidents discourage tourism, though. Dead children is one thing, but this could affect people's bottom line.
Tourism has been discouraged for a while, yet nothing is changing
All it will take is one billionaire hitting another plane.
Maybe it will happen to air force one too?
The reasons never to visit the US, keep piling up.
Apparently you don't want to fly over the US either.
But who controls the flight paths over oceans? Could this change affect those flight paths too?
Canada for the Atlantic
It's a pity. I've had many good exchanges with tribal members there that I'd love to meet in person. But the ones I've chatted with are more remote then I can probably get to (several days driving), and the settler-colonial attitude in the the other areas stinks.
It's interesting how the article somewhat obscures that it's Pаlаntir that is making the software
I watched the lord of the ring movies this weekend for the first time. Extended versions with my friends.
Wtf is wrong with people who name their company, possibly their life's work, after the evil eye of the big bad evil guy?
"Are we the baddies?"
No they didn't.
Later, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg the Federal Aviation Administration had brought on Palantir, Thales SA, and Air Space Intelligence to compete for the SMART contract. Palantir then released a statement to investors confirming the company was contracted by the FAA to “provide a data analytics tool that will help advance the agency’s modernization objectives for aviation safety.”
Considering the full article, the headline, the subheader, and the text block you quoted - that is somewhat obscured. They could've said front and center that they were awarded the contract instead of linking to their statement.
That’s because this news site is owned by a multinational company, which owns several other publications. They sell advertising and not reform
I'm curious what this system actual is. From the article quotes it sounds more like prediction algorithms for future delays "seeing 45 days out", for instance.
That would not be a bad thing. I doubt this is LLMs.
Welp, I'm fine continuing to never get on a plane post PATRIOT ACT.
All American Roadtrips forever, apparently.
Invest in rail
Hahahah, in this economy?
I mean, I agree with the big picture ides, but look at California.
Been trying to do highspeed rail for over a decade, has accomplished almost nothing.
We'd have to revamp soooo many parts of so many systems, to even maybe be able to do anything in a reasonable amount of time.
Oh also we don't know how to build anything, anymore.
We'll basically have to hope we get a second FDR, but that doesn't seem very likely... more likely we balkanize, frankly.
Ya know......when I watched 9/11 happen live on tv, it never once crossed my mind that the next time this happened it would be because people are going to become too stupid to fly planes themselves.
It used to be such an esteemed profession too.
Well, that was before Reagan.
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