AI pilot can navigate crowded airspace

Good news! Come "Fly the friendly skies"! (United Airlines slogan)

Will this make flying finally cheaper? With self service on board?

From the abstract:

"Researchers have developed an AI pilot that enables autonomous aircraft to navigate a crowded airspace. The artificial intelligence can safely avoid collisions, predict the intent of other aircraft, track aircraft and coordinate with their actions, and communicate over the radio with pilots and air traffic controllers. The researchers aim to develop the AI so the behaviors of their system will be indistinguishable from those of a human pilot."

AI pilot can navigate crowded airspace -- ScienceDaily A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University believe they have developed the first AI pilot that enables autonomous aircraft to navigate a crowded airspace.