Most logistics still run on linear programming, not AI, researcher notes
gleech · x · 2026-10-13
gleech corrects common AI overgeneralizations: the world population passed 7B back in 2011 — an era his interlocutor's arguments evoke — and claims that current logistics systems all run on AI/ML are wrong, as much of the world still relies on linear programming and heuristic algorithms. Perhaps we should stop calling everything AI.
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