Posted on 09/13/2019 4:05:38 AM PDT by BigKahuna
No sane person enjoys standing in an airport security line. In some cases, especially when you’re late for your flight, the wait to get through security can seem like hours or even days. And wait times to make it through airport security have indeed gone up over the last 20 or so years in response to terrorism threats. Fortunately developments in artificial intelligence (AI) are beginning to make it easier to get through airport security.
Airports, airlines and government security agencies generally must balance two competing objectives. The first is to ensure that robust and effective aviation security programs are in place to protect air travelers. The second is to also ensure large numbers of travelers can make it through security screening and to their flights with as little fuss and inconvenience as possible. These days, AI may provide the answer as to just how both objectives can be met.
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For airports, such technological improvements mean that many more passengers per hour – up to 900 hourly, in fact -- can be sent through security lines than current technologies allow.
So what does all this mean for air travelers? With far less time spent waiting to make it through airport security lines, flyers won’t need to check in so early for their flights.
Also, AI could make it possible for airline passengers to check in both themselves and their luggage, receive their tickets and then rapidly pass through security without removing laptops, shoes, belts, jackets or much of anything else.
It could be a matter of artificial intelligence versus no intelligence. Just say'un....
Well, it is tempting to wonder if a machine might do better than John Roberts.
Now we are going down the same thought track. It makes me feel ill.
Intelligence would quickly learn to profile. Intelligence is not allowed.
This is a thoughtful man and a good talk; contains warnings about how badly computers can screw up when they do, cautions regarding sacrificing our humanity to the God of Efficiency, etc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRzBk_KuIaM
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