Gary Marcus ties FAA nationwide ground stop to new AI air-routing tool
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-11-14
Gary Marcus publishes an essay linking the FAA's nationwide ground stop to the agency's just-deployed AI flight-routing tool SMART, reviving his warnings about generative AI in safety-critical systems.
- The FAA announced nationwide rollout of its AI routing tool only days earlier, claiming fewer delays (one flight reportedly saved 42 minutes), with safety and oversight concerns already raised.
- Commentators noted the ground stop coincided with the SMART deployment; Marcus flags the timing though no causal link is established.
- He cites his 2022 warning that DL would never be allowed near avionics software built on formal methods.
- The piece also mentions this week's major Microsoft outage, closing with: we are reaping what Silicon Valley's arrogance and Washington's ineffectiveness have sown.
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