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    28 days ago

    Computer algorithms solve problems all over the world for companies already. I bet airlines already have teams of people using computer algorithms to figure crew management, flight routing, cost optimization, etc.

    The fact that they’re exploring quantum computers and non-classical algorithms just suggests that gate allocation is NP-Hard. Sure things go wrong when computers fail already, Look at Southwest or Delta’s recent meltdown, but to act like this a bad thing is just nonsense. This should be looked at as a good thing that airlines are working on.