Re:Scientists are teaching drones to hunt down human screams
by bee_rider on Friday June 18, 2021 @04:16PM
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> I don't see any way this could go wrong.
We asked to robots to maximize the number of screaming humans they found... it turns out that metric proved quite easy to game.
Re:Scientists are teaching drones to hunt down human screams
by salawat on Friday June 18, 2021 @07:21PM
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Paperclip maximizer.
Taunt not the Clippy, for his will be the clarion call of your destruction.
Re:Scientists are teaching drones to hunt down human screams
by lovemenot on Friday June 18, 2021 @07:07PM
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Reminiscent of "the world's funniest joke".
Re:Scientists are teaching drones to hunt down human screams
by dimatura on Friday June 18, 2021 @04:04PM
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Doesn't seem the most practical way to go about it, with drones being so noisy and all. It probably doesn't make sense for this to replace cameras (visible and IR), for all sorts of reasons. But I could see it being helpful as an extra input in some cases.
Re:Scientists are teaching drones to hunt down human screams
by schelling42 on Friday June 18, 2021 @04:11PM
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Sound has the advantage of going around corners though...
But in all seriousness, would this replace or augment current IR detection of survivals in natural disasters? Searching from high up might not be the most ideal position to search from - this could work well outfitted on a rover. In fact, I would love to see a tiny little rover that can crawl into spaces and search for survivors, sounds and body heat.