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| Parent Drone | ||
| A drone platform that launches smaller drones. |
| So the parent drone carries a spotter that it launches to confirm the presence of the target. The spotter descends, and we think it searches the vicinity, looking for the victim's face - probably uses a cheap pocket camera face-detection chip to make a list of human faces that it compares with target photos...
Once the target is confirmed, it uses an IR laser to send a coded signal back to the parent, clearing it to attack. |
| Technovelgy from Kill Decision,
by Daniel Suarez. Published by Penguin in 2012 Additional resources -
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Compare to midges from Quantico (2005) by Greg Bear and the nurse drones from The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson.
See this 2017 video explaining why smart guys like Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking are concerned about AI:
(Slaughterbot video from FutureofLife.org)
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| The 'Last Mile' In China Crowded With Delivery Robots |
| Musk Idea Of Cars Talking To Each Other Predicted 70 Years Ago |
| Waymo And Tesla 'Autonomous Cabs' Are Piloted By Remote Drivers |
| Maybe It's Too Soon To Require Autonomous Mode |
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