NYT confirms SMART deployment date for DC airports
3 Sep 18 4:21 PM · 5d ago · 9 articles · 15 posts · 2 comments · 6 sources · development 3 of 8
The New York Times reports SMART will crunch scheduling and weather data to predict and avoid delays and will be deployed at the Washington region's three major airports the following week.
Federal Aviation Administration Agency deploying SMARTAir Space Intelligence Contractor building SMARTPhilip Mann Aviation safety and AI governance consultant
Sean Duffy US Transportation SecretaryAirline industry officials Anonymous sources cited by Politico
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first by Mastodon, 5d ago · also NYT
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0% chance this goes well. The reason there's congestion is not because we don't have enough AI, it's because we don't have enough controllers.
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"The FAA plans to roll out a new AI air traffic control tool to predict and prevent flight delays. The tool, called Strategic Management of Airspace, Routing and Trajectories, or SMART, is designed to analyze airline schedules, weather patterns and other potential air traffic interruptions to “predict traffic flows and identify potential conflicts…
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Like Tesla’s FSD and the work of their excellent lawyers, the AI is fully responsible for all actions, decisions and results, except in cases that result in injury/death, in which case they get to conveniently pin it on a human scapegoat that isn’t affiliated with Tesla. The AI is never at fault.
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Um. If this was machine learning, that would be one thing. But generative shit? Oh Lord do not get on an American airplane...
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I am flying in to DCA in less than a week, goddamnit https://www. businessinsider.com/faa-ai-air -traffic-control-contract-airlines-2026-9
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That all sounds great in theory. I just hope it doesn’t decide to hallucinate a recipe for Apple Pie.
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https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/faa-tees-up-875m-ai-tool-to-help-manage-air-traffic-congestion/ What could go wrong?
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*This* is how "AI" will kill us, https:// futurism.com/advanced-transpor t/faa-ai-air-traffic-control # AI # SlopTrafficControl
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