{"id":140,"date":"2025-06-03T21:53:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T20:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgptrace.com\/blog\/?p=140"},"modified":"2025-06-03T21:53:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T20:53:47","slug":"can-ai-operate-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgptrace.com\/blog\/?p=140","title":{"rendered":"Can AI Operate the Internet?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Skynet? No, no Terminator, please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just joking\u2014don\u2019t jump to the movie scene right away. Let\u2019s consider the idea of AI operating a network, similar to how automation handles network device configuration and zero-touch provisioning. Is it possible?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s start with automation. A device comes with an initial configuration that includes an IP address and gateway. Once it’s network-accessible, the central server recognizes the device and pushes the final configuration. That\u2019s a simple flow, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what happens next\u2014who operates the device?
Today, it’s still a human network operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could AI replace the network operator? It depends on how the AI model is trained, how it handles fault tolerance, and how it avoids operational errors. There’s no such thing as 100% guarantee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, using AI to operate parts<\/em> of the network\u2014such as traffic tuning, AS path changes, or metric modifications\u2014seems realistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI can assist with tasks like network measurements, route and traffic tuning, DDoS detection and auto-mitigation (which already exists), device fault detection and traffic redirection, and DNS updates. That all seems feasible. You could train an AI module specifically for this purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then again\u2014do we need<\/em> AI if existing technologies already meet these requirements?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s consider a scenario and see what AI (specifically, ChatGPT) can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scenario:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. An Internet provider has 2 transit links:\n