Posted on Aug 30, 2023
An AI quadcopter has beaten human champions at drone racing
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Today researchers in Switzerland unveiled a small drone powered by artificial intelligence that can outfly some of the best human competitors in the world.
A quadcopter drone equipped with an AI brain whipped its way around an indoor race course in a matter of seconds. In 15 out of 25 races it was able to beat its human rival, according to research published today in the journal Nature.
"This is the first time that an AI has challenged and beaten human champions in a real-world competitive sport," says Elia Kaufmann, an autonomy engineer at Skydio, a drone company based out of Redwood City, California, who worked on the drone while at the University of Zurich in Switzerland.
Today researchers in Switzerland unveiled a small drone powered by artificial intelligence that can outfly some of the best human competitors in the world.
A quadcopter drone equipped with an AI brain whipped its way around an indoor race course in a matter of seconds. In 15 out of 25 races it was able to beat its human rival, according to research published today in the journal Nature.
"This is the first time that an AI has challenged and beaten human champions in a real-world competitive sport," says Elia Kaufmann, an autonomy engineer at Skydio, a drone company based out of Redwood City, California, who worked on the drone while at the University of Zurich in Switzerland.
An AI quadcopter has beaten human champions at drone racing
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There must be a point where this technology stops. It can outperform, determine, order, and replace its own worn parts, out-think, out-diagnose, and Given today's desire to CONTROL by Governments - There needs to be an emergency KILL Switch built-in, to STOP this insanity before they [the AI-controlled objects] figure out how to CONTROL US. And Earth enters the world of the Terminator.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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SFC Terry Wilcox
I was in Korea at the time and wasn't listening to this stuff, my duties kept me a bit too busy - but i'd sure like to try putting some AI music to lyrics I've written. It is probably too expensive even if it could be done. OH, I'm tone deaf since Vietnam, with Tinnitis and cannot read nor write music - so - my lyrics remain on the shelf collecting dust.
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Well, First of all, the AI has a first-person view from the quadcopter, while the human has a remote view, quite an advantage. Secondly, the AI gets to "feel" the direct effect of the quadcopter, while the human has no feedback. The AI has a direct advantage over the remote control of the human.
A race is mostly mechanical, so the AI can excel in such a thing.
Choose a challenge that AI has not seen, that requires a decision, and AI will fail each time since the solution has not been programmed into AI.
A race is mostly mechanical, so the AI can excel in such a thing.
Choose a challenge that AI has not seen, that requires a decision, and AI will fail each time since the solution has not been programmed into AI.
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