<story><title>Homemade AI drone software finds people when search and rescue teams can&apos;t</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/this-homemade-ai-drone-software-finds-bodies-when-search-and-rescue-teams-cant/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>0_____0</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s basically the FREE POINT square on the bingo card at this point. When someone builds a cool robot that they don&amp;#x27;t know what to do with, it&amp;#x27;s inevitably for SAR. I&amp;#x27;ve worked on a couple of them myself.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>screye</author><text>Can&amp;#x27;t forget having to signal away from military. Accessible drone AI can be used to stop petty crime, man the borders, catch drug smuggling boats &amp;amp; ofc, kill people effectively. These uses are drenched in politics, so have to signal something more palatable.&lt;p&gt;Truly accessible drone automation software is instant unicorn status. It would&amp;#x27;ve been acquired by Anduril or Dji before it saw the light of day.&lt;p&gt;We live in an interesting time where the 1st world&amp;#x27;s biggest problems (illegal immigration, drug smuggling, obesity, effective transportation, solving crimes, infinite energy) are already solved from a technical standpoint. But we artificially limit their use due to dystopian vibes.</text></comment>
<story><title>Homemade AI drone software finds people when search and rescue teams can&apos;t</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/this-homemade-ai-drone-software-finds-bodies-when-search-and-rescue-teams-cant/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>0_____0</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s basically the FREE POINT square on the bingo card at this point. When someone builds a cool robot that they don&amp;#x27;t know what to do with, it&amp;#x27;s inevitably for SAR. I&amp;#x27;ve worked on a couple of them myself.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>drhagen</author><text>It even has an xkcd: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;xkcd.com&amp;#x2F;2128&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;xkcd.com&amp;#x2F;2128&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>