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Oh, Great! Another “Revolutionary” AI Tool Claims to Improve Aviation

Oh Look, Yet Another ‘Revolutionary’ AI Tool

Here you go folks, another ‘groundbreaking’ technology, the “Air-Guardian”, wormed its way into the aviation industry. This godsend contraption supposedly ‘blends human intuition with machine precision’ to make your plane journeys less of a Russian roulette spin. Essentially, this smarty-pants system wants to help pilots keep flights steady, as if autopilot hasn’t been doing that for years.

Implications: Air-Guardian’s Attempt to Outshine Autopilot

Should you be impressed? Maybe if you’re wowed by reheated cold fries. In all likelihood, this will probably just mean more data for airlines to sift through while the actual flying experience remains unchanged. Maybe pilots won’t have to fake being alert for the entire flight and the airlines can pretend they’re adding some state-of-the-art tech to justify another price hike.

The Inevitable Cold Hard Truth

So go ahead, throw yourself a party over this pseudo-symbiotic relationship between pilots and planes. After all, nothing screams “we care” quite like a half-baked AI system that’s nowhere near as ‘revolutionary’ as it wants you to believe. Remember, if it actually worked miracles, airlines wouldn’t be shoving constant upgrades down our throats. So, in the cynical words of every toddler ever, I give this a resounding ‘big whoop’.

Original article:https://news.mit.edu/2023/ai-co-pilot-enhances-human-precision-safer-aviation-1002

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