953
How it's gonna go (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 days ago by to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
94 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 15 points 4 days ago (5 children)

It's called Machine Learning. AI is synonymous with LLM crap now.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago* (4 children)

    It's actually called Symbolic AI, which codifies clearly defined rules and behaviors - think decision trees and flowcharts. I doubt machine learning will be used in this case, since the rules and reasoning used by air traffic controllers have evolved over almost a century and are well understood. Machine learning is more for situations where the software has to discover the best way to operate because the rules aren't well established.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (3 children)

    Machine learning is more for situations where the software has to discover the best way to operate because the rules aren't well established.

    Or the machine needs to look at messy input data and recognise what the situation is so it can apply the more structured decision processes. You can't feed a radar image to a bunch of if/elif/elif/else statements. That pattern recognition is fallible, but so are humans. Exciting times!

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    You can't feed a radar image to a bunch of if/elif/elif/else statements.

    You don't need to input the image. You just need to input call sign, latitude, longitude, altitude, heading, speed, and emergency status (none, pan pan, or mayday) for each aircraft on radar.

    The ATC will set the last one based on radio communications but the rest are either directly from or can be calculated from their transponders.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •