The Most Important Work in Maritime AI Isn’t AI
AI is arriving quickly in marine technology. But intelligence is only as good as the information underneath it. Before boats can truly learn, predict and assist, their fragmented systems need a shared operational foundation that understands the vessel as a whole. You can add intelligence on top. You can’t skip what it stands on.
Real Boats Are Messy. Their Technology Shouldn’t Have to Be.
I had an interesting conversation this week that made me realize how differently people interpret the words “open architecture.”
Marine Electronics Have a Strange Definition of Obsolete
Sometimes equipment becomes obsolete because it stops working.
Sometimes it becomes obsolete because something significantly better replaces it.
And sometimes perfectly good equipment becomes “obsolete” simply because the newer equipment around it can no longer talk to it.