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Re: Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first

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Post by TechDebtDevin »

siavosh wrote: post #6

I man at this point, given what we know I'm sure someone smart can connect some dots and describe what's inevitable with 99% confidence just in the next year or two in terms of society right?

10 years.. But yeah. Just wait until these things can move through space with physical/gyro sensors on their own, at affordable costs. When orin nano super is the cost of an Esp32 (and the size of).

No gps, no fiber, no 5g, no jamming except microwaves. A python file and a target.

Scary times ahead.

Re: Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first

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Post by TechDebtDevin »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #9
siavosh wrote: post #6

I man at this point, given what we know I'm sure someone smart can connect some dots and describe what's inevitable with 99% confidence just in the next year or two in terms of society right?

The only question is whether motors or propellers will be banned for private sale first. (After drones themselves, of course.)

I kind of prefer this, even without bombs i dont want unregulated idiots dropping a drone on my head in an urban space.

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Post by siavosh »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #9
siavosh wrote: post #6

I man at this point, given what we know I'm sure someone smart can connect some dots and describe what's inevitable with 99% confidence just in the next year or two in terms of society right?

The only question is whether motors or propellers will be banned for private sale first. (After drones themselves, of course.)

Yeah I man with each day the chance of a shocking event increases to 100% with predictable outcomes. But yeah thats what I'm thinking of .. there has to be a finite number of dimensions for this and related technologies in terms of use and impact (legal, economics, PR, military, political etc), some are fuzzier than others but some should be pretty clear for some analyst to share..

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Post by insane_dreamer »

jandrese wrote: post #4

This is only a few days after the massive drone attack in Russia. Only a matter of time until we have drones smart enough to dodge bullets (or at least dodge out of where guns are pointing) while flying at breakneck speeds being controlled by AIs we don't fully understand. The tech industry is working hard to bring about the Terminator future.

This is portrayed in Ministry for the Future which describes AI controlled swarms of small drones/bombs that fly apart and come together at their target and are almost impossible to stop.

Re: Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first

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Post by ceejayoz »

stackedinserter wrote: post #8
jandrese wrote: post #4

This is only a few days after the massive drone attack in Russia. Only a matter of time until we have drones smart enough to dodge bullets (or at least dodge out of where guns are pointing) while flying at breakneck speeds being controlled by AIs we don't fully understand. The tech industry is working hard to bring about the Terminator future.

OTOH there's no mass adoption of autonomous drones after 3+ years of real active war between two technologically advanced nations.

As long as the end of civilization comes soon, we'll be fine!

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Post by insane_dreamer »

stackedinserter wrote: post #8
jandrese wrote: post #4

This is only a few days after the massive drone attack in Russia. Only a matter of time until we have drones smart enough to dodge bullets (or at least dodge out of where guns are pointing) while flying at breakneck speeds being controlled by AIs we don't fully understand. The tech industry is working hard to bring about the Terminator future.

OTOH there's no mass adoption of autonomous drones after 3+ years of real active war between two technologically advanced nations.

The seeds of the Butlerian Jihad

Re: Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first

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Post by dylan604 »

TechDebtDevin wrote: post #11
siavosh wrote: post #6

I man at this point, given what we know I'm sure someone smart can connect some dots and describe what's inevitable with 99% confidence just in the next year or two in terms of society right?

10 years.. But yeah. Just wait until these things can move through space with physical/gyro sensors on their own, at affordable costs. When orin nano super is the cost of an Esp32 (and the size of). No gps, no fiber, no 5g, no jamming except microwaves. A python file and a target. Scary times ahead.

What do you mean just wait until? The entire point of TFA is that AI is controlling the motors directly and not using some human input device. So I guess it's just wait until you actually read TFA and watch the embedded video?

Re: Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first

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Post by jandrese »

stackedinserter wrote: post #8
jandrese wrote: post #4

This is only a few days after the massive drone attack in Russia. Only a matter of time until we have drones smart enough to dodge bullets (or at least dodge out of where guns are pointing) while flying at breakneck speeds being controlled by AIs we don't fully understand. The tech industry is working hard to bring about the Terminator future.

OTOH there's no mass adoption of autonomous drones after 3+ years of real active war between two technologically advanced nations.

There is already mass adoption of drones, the AI stuff is only lagging behind slightly.
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