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So AI has come a long way since NextGen was conceptualized. Training an AI on the historical flight activity for an airport seems .... doable? Would it be better than human controllers? We know it would not be subject to fatigue or emotional stress, and the domain is so limited that hopefully hallucinations would not be a problem.

How realistic is it to have ATC performed by an AI?

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> How realistic is it to have ATC performed by an AI?

Not very. For safety-critical systems, you probably want something deterministic, and doesn't break when faced with novel situations.

Solvers are probably a better solution than ML approaches, but they can't capture every possible constraint, such as airplane that can only make left-handed turns because of equipment failure.

> For safety-critical systems, you probably want something deterministic, and doesn't break when faced with novel situations.

Humans are not deterministic and can break for many reasons. It's not plausible that an AI could handle "route this aircraft for landing without any right turns" ?

> Humans are not deterministic and can break for many reasons.

Yes. Humans can also self-evaluate about their state, and have culpability. It not surprising that non-humans are held to a different standard.

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