>Real-world applications include environmental monitoring or disaster response.
Why do they always feel compelled to write this nonsense?
The real-world application is killing people. Nothing else requires anything like this level of performance.
Why do they always feel compelled to write this nonsense?
The real-world application is killing people. Nothing else requires anything like this level of performance.
Their world-view (and knowledge) of disaster response was shaped by steady diet of 90’s disaster films — Volcano, Dante’s Peak, Armageddon, Twister, etc.
That may be true in a small number of very pro-technology cities in the US, but I think it's far from the case around the world in general.
Btw, I think the point has been missed here a bit. Autonomous drone technology has been available for quite a while, and is used for use cases like the ones you describe (but usually on private property). The new thing here is drone racing - very high speed, high precision flying.
Ukraine could use a cheap AI tracker module to take over those last few meters when drone is too low and video feed breaks.
I have a client who does drone flyovers for oil and gas industry monitoring. They also do some disaster response work, and it can indeed be delicate flying, especially given the value of the drones and their sensor packages. Companies like theirs will absolutely use tech like this to replace expensive human pilots with AI once it’s widely available.
Buzzing around, disabling vehicles, grabbing weapons and ammo, plugging up artillery barrels, flashing lights in combatants eyes, softly playing contemporary adult jazz… basically making it impossible for the two sides to fight.
Peacenik Bots, premiering on Netflix next year.