{"id":182594,"date":"2024-02-13T01:26:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T07:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/why-ai-cant-replace-air-traffic-controllers"},"modified":"2024-02-13T01:26:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T07:26:48","slug":"why-ai-cant-replace-air-traffic-controllers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/why-ai-cant-replace-air-traffic-controllers","title":{"rendered":"Why AI can\u2019t replace air traffic controllers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/why-ai-cant-replace-air-traffic-controllers.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An air traffic controller\u2019s routine can be disrupted by an aircraft that requires special handling. This could range from an emergency to priority handling of medical flights or Air Force One. Controllers are given the responsibility and the flexibility to adapt how they manage their airspace.<\/p>\n<p>The requirements for the front line of air traffic control are a poor match for AI\u2019s capabilities. People expect air traffic to continue to be the safest complex, high-technology system ever. It achieves this standard by adhering to procedures when practical, which is something AI can do, and by adapting and exercising good judgment whenever something unplanned occurs or a new operation is implemented \u2013 a <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/embrace-the-unexpected-to-teach-ai-how-to-handle-new-situations-change-the-rules-of-the-game-157560\" target=\"_blank\">notable weakness of today\u2019s AI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, it is when conditions are the worst \u2013 when controllers figure out how to handle aircraft with severe problems, airport crises or widespread airspace closures due to security concerns or infrastructure failures \u2013 that controllers\u2019 contributions to safety are the greatest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An air traffic controller\u2019s routine can be disrupted by an aircraft that requires special handling. This could range from an emergency to priority handling of medical flights or Air Force One. Controllers are given the responsibility and the flexibility to adapt how they manage their airspace. The requirements for the front line of air traffic [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6,1492],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-robotics-ai","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}