Somebody thought this was a good idea. (Paging Dr Malcolm...)
Herd mentality inspires smart swarms of tiny robots
April 5th, 2024 Posted by U. Texas Austin
"...This finding builds on a novel optical feedback system—the ability to direct these microrobots in a collective way using controllable light patterns...
The adaptive time delay strategy offers potential for scalability and integration into larger machinery. This approach could significantly enhance the operational efficiency of autonomous drone fleets. Similarly, it could enable conveys of trucks & cars to autonomously navigate extensive highway journeys in unison, with improved responsiveness & increased robustness.
The same way schools of fish can communicate & follow each other...there’s no need for any kind of central control, which takes more data & energy to operate..."
….And THIS is why I was at a bargaining table yesterday, fighting for Musicians rights.
Get into this story. Please support these kids. Please. Support us before #skynet takes over and is making all the music you hear. It’s getting weird and scary out here.
@ErickaSimone@yogthos Julianne Regan, sometime singer with 1990ish folk-rock band, All About Eve, posted recently that for 32K streams, she got £2.61 (about $3.00).
As I’ve said repeatedly to anyone who asks, my greatest fear about what we call #AI right now is definitely ** NOT ** some dystopian #SkyNet scenario where the AIs become sentient and decide to exterminate the human race…
… but rather that generative-AI-created text will so badly pollute the Web that we are completely unable to find any information we can trust amidst the zillions of trash sites and pages.
Cyberjack (also known as Virtual Assassin) stars Michael Dudikoff and Brion James. It's more of an obscure cyberpunk movie and could be (generously) described as a guilty pleasure from the 90's.
Interestingly, there is a shot where a computer monitor displays "Skynet" clearly. I doubt this movie shares any kind of universe with the Terminator.
It’s not really useful to talk about #skynet and robot overlords when discussing the dangers of #artificialintelligence because that’s not what we have to worry about, at least not for a while yet.
It is much more useful to talk about the concept of #policymurder which is when systems codified by law and regulation squeeze people into destitution and death. See also “social murder.”
@carnage4life Bishop William J. Barber explained policy murder in a June 2022 HuffPost op-ed: we have made certain choices about our laws and administrative procedure in the United States that create widespread poverty and that poverty kills roughly 700 people every day.
The danger of #artificialintelligence is not that it’s going to launch a global nuclear war it’s that it will decide to deny you health insurance or to send armed police to your house or that you shouldn’t get benefits you desperately need because some humans decided it should work that way.
And/or because it’s sloppily implemented by the lowest bidder but no one cares because the ones who get hurt are poor people.