-=> Mike Powell wrote to JAS HUD <=-

 MP> Transportation issues -- the largest school system in Kentucky hired a
 MP> company that used AI to help them with bus routes.  The result was a
 MP> "staggered start" system where kids start and end school at different
 MP> times.  I forget when the last end time was supposed to be, but it was
 MP> before 5pm.  On the first day, there are some kids that didn't get home
 MP> until after 9pm.  The system cancelled school for a week, promising
 MP> that they'd fix it.

I haven't seen a public bus system that worked effectively with my two
kids, and we're talking about a small district (which should be a
cake-walk). My son ended up having to get to a bus stop over an hour
before school, and he was one of the last stops on the route!

A bus route seems like a place where a human would outperform an AI.
We're not at tha point where a LLM can come up with a solution without
human intervention.





 MP> Kids are still not getting home in places until after 7pm, and kids
 MP> that live within walking distance of schools (but who are not allowed
 MP> by the system to walk home) are spending an hour or more on busses each
 MP> afternoon/evening.

 MP> Apparently the AI could take into account traffic patterns, etc., but
 MP> not the minds and actions of youngsters.

 MP> Mike

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