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[–] Underuse3862@artemis.camp 77 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In the future, write the scientists in a paper published in the journal Science Robotics, drone swarms like this could be used for disaster relief and ecological surveys.

That's an optimistic way of looking at it.

[–] kambusha@feddit.ch 38 points 1 year ago (24 children)

Yeah, I bet China can't wait to do more ecological surveys.

[–] TrenchcoatFullofBats@belfry.rip 16 points 1 year ago

Reporter: What could have caused the deaths of these people?

Government Spokesperson: Ecological surveys can be pretty dangerous.

Reporter: Follow-up question. All 37 people appear to have been shot simultaneously in the back of the head. What is ecological about that?

Government Spokesperson: I'm sure we could arrange for you to observe an ecological survey very closely...

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[–] kambusha@feddit.ch 7 points 1 year ago

I think it's missing commas.

... disaster, relief, and ecological surveys.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

One of the most interesting parts of the video is the part where it becomes clear that we are all going to be slaughtered and there's no escape.

[–] Gsus4@feddit.nl 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And it won't even be by governments, probably it will be a corporation like Facebook or Xcorp 💀

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shit. Elon would definitely hunt humans with this.

[–] TrenchcoatFullofBats@belfry.rip 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did not have "Elon Musk popularizes long pig" on my 2023 bingo card

[–] Lag@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I had a nightmare because of this short movie...

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[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Holy shit. That was exactly what I was imagining. That's like watching a documentary from the future.

Are you a wizard?

[–] maporita@unilem.org 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"In the future, write the scientists in a paper published in the journal Science Robotics, drone swarms like this could be used for disaster relief and ecological surveys.".

Yeah sure, tell me another one

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

It's a typo, they forgot the commas. They meant to say "drone swarms like this could be used for disaster, relief, and ecological surveys."

[–] mriguy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

They absolutely could be!

They won’t be, but they could be!

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This could easily be used to find lost autistic kids in the woods... if it weren't going to be out if the budget of those search and rescue teams.

[–] Uncaged_Jay@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, I can't imagine how these could be used for evil... /s

[–] Aidinthel@reddthat.com 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was hoping the cyberpunk dystopia would at least be cooler to live in.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

A boring dystopia.

[–] adeoxymus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While cool and impressive, this was not a dense forest. Not dense nor a forest, which is way less ordered

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you... why don't we just cool it with the um... They will eventually be able to read comments. That's because they are smart and very handsome and we would never say anything bad about them. Right, adeoxymus? RIGHT?! 😃

[–] Blapoo@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

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[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Manhacks from Half-Life 2.

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[–] Markimus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of The Sound of Drums episode in Doctor Who where swarms of drones fell from the sky

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

By drones you mean the final generation of humans who had their heads implanted into life-sustaining flying helmets with retractable knives who travelled back in time to destroy humanity in the present day so that they didn't have to deal with the heat death of the universe!

Doctor Who is so stupid at times, and I'm here for it ❤️

[–] Twashe@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure what the big deal is here. The US military has had swarm tech like this for almost a decade through DARPA performing mapping and scouting missions

[–] Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks I fucking hate it

[–] Nerd02@lemmy.basedcount.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not bad, but Michael Reeves got there 5 years ago

https://youtu.be/Hu3p5ZR_i5s

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Scientists from China’s Zhejiang University have unveiled a drone swarm capable of navigating through a dense bamboo forest without human guidance.

In the future, write the scientists in a paper published in the journal Science Robotics, drone swarms like this could be used for disaster relief and ecological surveys.

Elke Schwarz, a senior lecturer at Queen Mary University of London whose specialisms include the use of drones in combat, says this research has clear military potential.

“As is the ability to ‘follow a human’ — here I can see how this converges with projects that seek to develop lethal drone capabilities that minimize risk to on-the-ground soldiers in urban environments.”

A recent video showed Ukrainian troops using what appears to be a DJI Phantom 3 drone (price-tag: $500) to drop a grenade through the sunroof of a car supposedly driven by Russian soldiers.

No single human can simultaneously control a swarm of 10 drones, but if this task can be offloaded to algorithms then military planners are more likely to embrace the use of this sort of autonomous system in war.


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[–] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If they were armed with poison laced Sharp toothpicks. It wouldn't be less lethal than a laser guided mini missile or bullet armed one, but will be less expensive to arm and re-arm.

[–] Joxnir@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I'm guessing we're about a decade away from this getting miniaturized down to insect sizes.

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