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From punched cards to autonomous collaborators: the ideas, people, languages and systems that taught machines to follow—and increasingly interpret—human intent.

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FAA Advanced Automation System: The Air-Traffic Modernization Project That Collapsed

FAA's Advanced Automation System tried to replace the core of U.S. air-traffic control in one sweeping program. Ambitious scope, unstable requirements, weak oversight, and underestimated software complexity forced a major 1994 restructuring.

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