The ground stop was caused by all, irbnearly all, 22 center facilities in the country losing access to radar and other critical airspace information
Towers and approach were able to continue operating effectively (although can’t do much without center)
The AI tool, SMART was rolled out to centers on the same day. If something went wrong, the doomsday scenario is a nation-wide ground stop
There is no scenario where planes are falling out of the sky. You are the only one I’ve seen to suggest as much. It comes off as a disingenuous straw man
So it’s worth noting that the system in question DOES NOT CONTROL LIVE AIRCRAFT, but assists with planning.
That can describe the SMART AI tool or ATC as a whole. Everything ATC says is a suggestion. Final authority, and responsibility, always rests with the pilot
I should also be clear here. I have no problem with AI tools helping ATC. ML is quite good for that type of work
Where I have an issue is the clearly political nature of this tool. It was rushed out for a cheap political win. If it caused this outage, there should be outrage
Forbthe record, I do also get annoyed with the kneejerk reaction that everything AI = bad. AI is here to stay, even though the inappropriate uses of is are unbelievably frustrating
The ground stop was caused by all, irbnearly all, 22 center facilities in the country losing access to radar and other critical airspace information
Towers and approach were able to continue operating effectively (although can’t do much without center)
The AI tool, SMART was rolled out to centers on the same day. If something went wrong, the doomsday scenario is a nation-wide ground stop
There is no scenario where planes are falling out of the sky. You are the only one I’ve seen to suggest as much. It comes off as a disingenuous straw man
That can describe the SMART AI tool or ATC as a whole. Everything ATC says is a suggestion. Final authority, and responsibility, always rests with the pilot
I should also be clear here. I have no problem with AI tools helping ATC. ML is quite good for that type of work
Where I have an issue is the clearly political nature of this tool. It was rushed out for a cheap political win. If it caused this outage, there should be outrage
Forbthe record, I do also get annoyed with the kneejerk reaction that everything AI = bad. AI is here to stay, even though the inappropriate uses of is are unbelievably frustrating