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Flying is safe thanks to data and cooperation – here’s what the AI industry could learn from airlines on safety

  • Written by James Higgins, Professor of Aviation, University of North Dakota
Flying is safe thanks to data and cooperation – here’s what the AI industry could learn from airlines on safetyFlying is routine and safe. Hard lessons were learned to make it that way.Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Approximately 185,000 people have died in civilian aviation accidents since the advent of powered flight over a century ago. However, over the past five years among the U.S. airlines, the risk of dying was almost zero. In fact, you have a...

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