Qasim Rashid, Esq.Jul 16

Delta spent a ton on union busting and anti-union activities, and now they want exploit people with AI.

This is yet another reason why corporate deregulation will always favor the wealthy and screw over the working class.

Will not be booking a delta flight any time soon. Or ever.

Show threadSebastian Fourier
@QasimRashid just never fly again. problem solved.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.Jul 16

Delta spent a ton on union busting and anti-union activities, and now they want exploit people with AI.

This is yet another reason why corporate deregulation will always favor the wealthy and screw over the working class.

Will not be booking a delta flight any time soon. Or ever.

Show threadjmjmJul 16
@QasimRashid Aren't airlines already engaging in behavior-driven per-customer pricing? It's just driven by an algorithm instead of ML.
Show threadMisuse CaseJul 16
@jmjm @QasimRashid There’s no difference, really. Machine learning algorithms are behind things like “surge pricing” or “individual customer pricing.” And those things we used to call “algorithms” and/or “machine learning” are getting retconned as “AI.”
Show threadjmjmJul 16

@MisuseCase @QasimRashid

You're right in that AI is just a buzzword these days. But I would posit that using ML for this task might allow an airline to synthesize a price from a much more diverse data stream than the previous human-designed excel spreadsheets might have thought to use.

I see this as the very real risk of AI. ML is good at adversarial learning. Closing the biological feedback loop so ML can learn to hack a human brain is a very real danger.

Show threadRehana RodriguesJul 16
@jmjm @MisuseCase @QasimRashid I would guess that it's been ML for a while already. I'd take the headline to mean they're going to use more personal data.
Show threadJay HannahJul 17
@rehana @jmjm @MisuseCase @QasimRashid ya... https://flyovercountry.social/@deafferret/114868542343069278
Jay Hannah (@deafferret@flyovercountry.social)

This isn’t new. 20 years ago we (hotel company) hired math PhDs to optimize maximum profits via individualized pricing. All the hotels, airlines were / still are using maximum personal data extraction to charge as much as possible for every bed / chair in the sky. At the time that industry was called “Revenue Management.” https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/114864395992301239

flyovercountry.social
Show threadStéphanieJul 16
@QasimRashid I thought this was satire 
Show threadSnuffleupadonJul 16
@QasimRashid https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/25/potatotrac/#carbo-loading Cory Doctorow, "It's not a crime if we do it with an app."
Pluralistic: It’s not a crime if we do it with an app (25 Jan 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Show threadN. E. FelibataJul 16
Yep, the end is near. Enjoy!
Show threadvisikdeJul 16
@QasimRashid
Whatever the Market Will Bear Pricing
Show threadOtto WJul 16
@QasimRashid unfortunately, it seems to be an industry wide scheme. Air Canada has been accused of it too. Besides, you should limit your flying as much as possible as most air travel is a luxury and is a significant global warming factor.
Show threadBasement ChippyJul 16
@QasimRashid I wonder how this will grow and interact with the outdated tech prevalent in the airline industry
Show threadPomegranate_StewJul 16

@QasimRashid

https://youtube.com/shorts/d_lHcJGwnxM?

Before you continue to YouTube

Show threadHudsonJul 16
@QasimRashid $5 for a foot long.
Show threadRejZoRJul 16
@QasimRashid So, I'd personally not pay them anything, does that mean my tickets will be free then?
Show threadJames 🦉 #FBPE 🇪🇺Jul 16
@QasimRashid AI: the tech that bursts its own bubble
Show threadTommyTorty10Jul 16
@QasimRashid so you're telling me it might be theoretically possible, not necessarily legal, but theoretically possible to trick an AI into giving everyone free tickets. I feel daring, so I'll call it now; it will be 4 entire days between deploying this with the real public and someone trying to get a free ride and getting in trouble.
Show threadCameron BoschJul 16

@QasimRashid Sadly, all the airlines are like that. United, American, and the others all do this crap. That's exactly when governments SHOULD step in to stop the gouging.

Of course, until we get an actual president who gives 💩💩, nothing will change.

Show threadAlJul 16
@QasimRashid
This is possible now because the conservative& the GOP have made all of our tax records, SS payments, medical records,income statements and all other personal data available to the corporations.
Show threadDanny Boling ☮️Jul 17

@mral

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@QasimRashid

Show threadMarius MeyerJul 17
@QasimRashid Isn't that what Amazon has been doing for years? (Looking what kind of customer you are and setting the price accordingly.) Whether it is done by "AI" or a fixed algorithm shouldn't be much of a difference. To a certain degree this also happens in physical shops: Chain bakeries or cinemas vary prices even within municipalities based on what they think the locals are willing to pay (there are other factors like rent, but most, like wages, should be the same within one municipality).
Show threadRaysOfRedJul 17
@QasimRashid With AI’s track record, it’s going to charge based on the amount of melanin in someone’s skin
Show threadSebastian FourierJul 17
@QasimRashid just never fly again. problem solved.
Show threadSam Chavez 🌈🌱🏜️Jul 18
@QasimRashid glad I quit flying in 2021! It was the best decision. I am so much more present when I travel. Plus I have a good travel buddy.