Drones crash (video)

[sailingaway]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-air-forces-drone-investigation-photos-from-the-seychelles/2012/11/30/07c74580-3b29-11e2-a263-f0ebffed2f15_video.html

[Natural Citizen]

So, then. The machines must rise to think for themselves. Problem...Reaction...Solution. I hope folks are absorbing all of this.


And ain't it a hoot that the private contractor who piloted the "error" has no name. Just another .inc...of, by and for "whom" exactly?

Here is a couple of links to better understand where we are headed. Not saying it's a bad thing, per se. Just dependent upon who is doing the speaking on behalf of education. There are those who would defend progress in the name of advancement for humanity and of course then there are those who would defend it in order to speed up it's demise.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9693997/An-artificially-intelligent-future-Ray-Kurzweil-on-engineering-the-brain.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20501091

[Elwar]

I spoke with someone who was doing some UAV testing. They had it flying at a pre-set elevation and as it got over the water it began to dive right toward the water. They had to hit the emergency "return to base" button.


Apparently the UAV was using elevation data but did not take water into account so it was about to follow the sea floor as its ground.

People program these things. People program Windows as well...

[sailingaway]

yeah, to err is human. But when it carries bombs, that is a problem.

Heck, it landing on you WITHOUT bombs would be a problem.