Not steering and brakes! Unless you commute by jet...
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They have had considerable technological integration added in the form of Power assisted steering and ABS braking.
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Not steering and brakes! Unless you commute by jet...
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No, AI is a supplement to my SPG. I also use a Pro Plus for ease of display and logging but as the dive progresses I am cross checking my SPG. With AI on multiple bottles, I would think that data management would become an issue as to which bottle is being displayed.
Air integration is different than a transmitter and wrist receiver. Seems the question needs to use the appropriate terminology. Spg and hose is pretty inexpensive.
Negatives: cost and the point you made in post #7 about uniformity/familiarity.
I sold an AI computer and bought a simple brass-and-glass SPG because as I gained more experienced diving and listened to others who said I could dive without checking my gas so often, I was persuaded by the idea that simpler and more uniform is better than more complex and more diverse. Your logic that everything analog and/or mechanical in our lives is slowly being replaced by digital electronics seems sound to me, but if I could get rid of the electronics in, say, my car and have it work just as well for me, I would. I can hardly make a phone call anymore with my Android phone, the thing is so complex and does things I didn't intend it to do. Old-school mechanical stuff just feels comforting. For all I know, it's a fallacy that such things are more reliable than electronics.
AI technology is proven to work. With every new computer and transmitter created, logic tells me the reliability gets better and better. I personally own an AI computer and it has never failed me. I'm also considering removing my SPG from my rig.