The AI industry has used alternative language like “hallucinating” to avoid admitting when AI makes mistakes. In conventional software, we would say the software engineer or the coder made a mistake, it’s a bug, and they would fix it. Now the software is self-learning, so we don’t blame the designers, but we also don’t admit the product made a mistake. We treat it like a child, oops, it hallucinated. Totally normal and expected. Just like a child, we almost act like it’s cute that it messed up.
Well, we don’t let children drive cars or fly airplanes, and we don’t take their advice as authoritative. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 12:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT AI AI is only half right. Yes, it's artificial. No, it's not Intelligence. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 11/4/2025 10:23 AM, Robert wrote: With enough examples that I have personally seen of AI just making things up, I don't want to be flying in AI controlled airspace. On 11/4/25 10:02 AM, Bill Prince wrote: I'd hate to be flying into controlled airspace when the AI starts hallucinating. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 11/4/2025 9:54 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: Regulation and concern over safety would be the road block. You're absolutely right, it would be a PERFECT place for it. It never gets tired, never hung over, any mistake can be fixed with extra code. It was easier to install traffic lights to control traffic when there wasn't already a system in place. On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: One area where AI could be very useful is in air traffic control, especially at a towered airport. It could listen and track the situation. If a controller forgot they had cleared a plane to “line up and wait” and then cleared another to land on that same runway it could raise an alert. I have had this exact thing happen to me. They were trying to mate me with a landing lear jet. I personally reminded them I was still waiting take off clearance. They urgently told me to exit runway as fast as possible. I hit the grass between runways. Not my fault. Should have made the Lear go around. Since the language of ATC is standardized, the phrases are supposed to be said the exact same way every time, AI should be easily trained to learn what was being said. Same way for ground control. It could listen to the taxi clearances and then monitor ground radar and alert if a pilot missed a turn. If I was younger and smarter I would work on developing this app. Sounds like a good idea for a startup if someone is not already working on it. Best Regards, Chuck McCown McCown Technology Corporation 8401 N Commerce Drive Lake Point, Utah 84074 801-250-9503 Office www.microtrench-blades.com <http://www.microtrench-blades.com/> www.mccowntech.com <http://www.mccowntech.com/> www.terabitnetworks.com <http://www.terabitnetworks.com> -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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