My pet theory… Some tiny but critical process holding up the Air Traffic Control network depended on data shared periodically between systems using a python script that emails the info using Outlook. It took 24 hours for the Outlook outage to catch up with the ATC data sync routine.
Icing in on the cake: They fired the guy who maintained the script in June as part of an AI cost savings initiative.
In the way it is being used, it actually really is. But all the articles are presenting as if the pilots are going to be talking with a chatbot. My reply was tongue in cheek going with that.
I’m so tired of the excessive anti-AI hate, because I generally dislike AI but you have to jump on the bandwagon and hate everything NO MATTER WHAT or you get downvoted to fucking hell. I dislike AI, but I REALLY fucking hate the fucking moronic hivemind on this topic even worse.
So it’s worth noting that the system in question DOES NOT CONTROL LIVE AIRCRAFT, but assists with planning. Humans approve the suggestions it gives for FUTURE ROUTE PLANNING, NOT REALTIME TRAFFIC.
So go ahead and hate on it, no worries, I don’t care, but all this fucking misinformation about planes falling from the sky needs to stop. The idiots spouting that sound as stupid as Trump and his stupid word salad. Like remember the people seeking asylum, and because Trump only knows about “insane asylums”, it somehow turns into him thinking it’s crazy people trying to invade? Yeah, that’s what the “AI CAUSING PLANES TO CRASH” spouting people sound like.
Be angry. Fight against the harm excessive datacenters can cause. But be RIGHT and don’t be fucking STUPID.
Considering no one knows anything at this point I think it’s just as crazy to say confidently that there is no connection
The official statement was that some systems got overloaded. Gee, I wonder if having a whole slew of new data going through them has even a possibility of overloading old systems?. Maybe not, could be unrelated, but it’s not like you’re a fucking brainless ape for considering it
Hey bud, the comment you are responding to doesn’t say that AI is controlling live air traffic or causing planes to crash. Maybe you meant to respond to a different comment or thread, but you seem awfully worked up over what, in the context of your comment, is a straw man argument. We all had a day off from email thanks to Microslop, and it’s at least a funny coincidence that there’s a massive nationwide groundstop that seems to coincide with either Outlook being down and/or the FAA rolling out an “AI” tool. Let’s all lower our blood pressure and have a chuckle at the situation, yeah?
My pet theory… Some tiny but critical process holding up the Air Traffic Control network depended on data shared periodically between systems using a python script that emails the info using Outlook. It took 24 hours for the Outlook outage to catch up with the ATC data sync routine.
Icing in on the cake: They fired the guy who maintained the script in June as part of an AI cost savings initiative.
It will all be fine when ATC becomes ai
The FAA Is Rolling Out Its AI Air Traffic Tool Nationwide
That’s a fucking great use case for machine learning. Do you know the burnout rate of atc controllers? Just watch the documentary “Pushing Tin”
In the way it is being used, it actually really is. But all the articles are presenting as if the pilots are going to be talking with a chatbot. My reply was tongue in cheek going with that.
I’m so tired of the excessive anti-AI hate, because I generally dislike AI but you have to jump on the bandwagon and hate everything NO MATTER WHAT or you get downvoted to fucking hell. I dislike AI, but I REALLY fucking hate the fucking moronic hivemind on this topic even worse.
So it’s worth noting that the system in question DOES NOT CONTROL LIVE AIRCRAFT, but assists with planning. Humans approve the suggestions it gives for FUTURE ROUTE PLANNING, NOT REALTIME TRAFFIC.
So go ahead and hate on it, no worries, I don’t care, but all this fucking misinformation about planes falling from the sky needs to stop. The idiots spouting that sound as stupid as Trump and his stupid word salad. Like remember the people seeking asylum, and because Trump only knows about “insane asylums”, it somehow turns into him thinking it’s crazy people trying to invade? Yeah, that’s what the “AI CAUSING PLANES TO CRASH” spouting people sound like.
Be angry. Fight against the harm excessive datacenters can cause. But be RIGHT and don’t be fucking STUPID.
Considering no one knows anything at this point I think it’s just as crazy to say confidently that there is no connection
The official statement was that some systems got overloaded. Gee, I wonder if having a whole slew of new data going through them has even a possibility of overloading old systems?. Maybe not, could be unrelated, but it’s not like you’re a fucking brainless ape for considering it
Hey bud, the comment you are responding to doesn’t say that AI is controlling live air traffic or causing planes to crash. Maybe you meant to respond to a different comment or thread, but you seem awfully worked up over what, in the context of your comment, is a straw man argument. We all had a day off from email thanks to Microslop, and it’s at least a funny coincidence that there’s a massive nationwide groundstop that seems to coincide with either Outlook being down and/or the FAA rolling out an “AI” tool. Let’s all lower our blood pressure and have a chuckle at the situation, yeah?
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