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I think that is a resounding yes. But are we ready for it?

The recent incident of the horrific air collision of a commercial airliner and an Army helicopter near the Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. that killed 67 people certainly begs the question of how can air safety be improved. This was human error, and asking one person to do the job of two or more is not an acceptable excuse. But it is an understandable one.

Many in the business world and the investment world are asking themselves if the cost of artificial intelligence is really worth it. These are the early days as the world starts to incorporate artificial intelligence into everyday life. One day we will all wake up as comfortable living with artificial intelligence as we are holding that portable phone/computer/social portal/store/tv/radio/game console in our hand. (Anyone remember when this was unheard of?) As of now, no one is quite sure of what this artificial intelligence software thingy is good for besides in-depth search results and complicated math problems. Am I wrong?

There is sooo much potential for artificial intelligence. And I believe air safety is ripe for this technology. If you take the simple premise that one form of artificial intelligence is one computer communicating with another computer without human involvement, this could be applied to air safety measures. Using the recent air disaster mentioned above, artificial intelligence could theoretically take the place of the overworked air traffic controllers, and even the pilots of the airliner and the helicopter, and steer them out of harms way without human intervention at all. Theoretically, couldn’t it? I suppose the real question is; are we ready for it? And can we trust it?