Re:Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first
by bravoetch on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @07:26PM
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Yes, and so far it's much easier to drive a van into a crowd of people. Nobody has tried to mandate tech in cars that detects and prevents such malicious behavior.
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Re:Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first
by bamboozled on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @08:19PM
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Can you drive a van into a group of people without even being physically present though ?
Re:Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first
by tonyarkles on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @10:20PM
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Yes. https://www.psu.edu/news/campus-life/story/hackers-who-remot...
Even without vulnerabilities like that, something like https://comma.ai/openpilot could very likely be used in the same way ArduPilot was used in the recent Ukrainian drone attacks.
Re:Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first
by lazide on Thursday June 05, 2025 @05:20AM
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easier than a drone, technically. using the same tools and techniques too.
a van is just a bigger, more inherently stable drone.
Re:Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first
by eternauta3k on Friday June 06, 2025 @08:00AM
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The RAF guys tried this back in 1967 to attack the Iranian Shah...
Re:Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first
by 542354234235 on Thursday June 05, 2025 @09:46AM
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Vehicles are registered and licensed to tie them to specific owners. You are required to provide a identification/drivers license when renting a vehicle. The largest, most dangerous vehicles like semi-trucks have additional restrictions on licensing and access. There is a pretty robust system in place to reduce unattributable crimes using vehicles.