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Those are software applications, but AI is going into hardware as fast as it can. Imagine a turret gun that can see and think, and makes decisions about targets

Those are software applications, but AI is going into hardware as fast as it can. Imagine a turret gun that can see and think, and makes decisions about targets. Or a robot/drone that uses AI to navigate its environment.

njovin 3y ago
There was a great documentary about this in 1987: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093870/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093870/
- djyaz1200 3y ago
  You rickrolled me a bit there, bravo :)
Ajedi32 3y ago
The entire point of the article is that it's way harder to stop the proliferation of software than hardware. Once you're back in the hardware space traditional controls work just fine (or, at least, as well as they ever worked).
- tonyarkles 3y ago
  > way harder to stop the proliferation of software than hardware Two interesting thoughts that shake out of that: - Hardware that used to be exotic and easy to control proliferation of has become significantly easier and cheaper to acquire; as an example, the MEMS gyros and accelerometers that are in your smartphone are $1 devices that 30-40 years ago would have been the size of a shoe box and orders of magnitude more expensive. Alternatively, you could download/develop code for a high-precision high-speed GPS receiver using an RTL-SDR or other low-cost software-defined radio for $20. For night vision/all-weather, you can get a decent resolution uncooled MWIR camera on AliExpress for about $1000; these have historically been ITAR-controlled, but when a factory in China starts pumping them out, ITAR kind of goes out the window. - Software makes a lot of the exotic hardware less important too. For example, the terrain following system in a Tomahawk could likely be implemented on a $100 Jetson Nano and a low-cost global-shutter camera. Kalman filters, compute power, and redundant $1 sensors can compensate for crappy sensors.
DoItToMe81 3y ago
The former already exists and is being employed in Libya. You don't need a neural network for this. https://www.cnet.com/culture/autonomous-drone-attacked-soldiers-in-libya-all-on-its-own/ https://www.cnet.com/culture/autonomous-drone-attacked-soldi... (not the best source unfortunately)

njovin 3y ago

There was a great documentary about this in 1987: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093870/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093870/

djyaz1200 3y ago
You rickrolled me a bit there, bravo :)

Ajedi32 3y ago

The entire point of the article is that it's way harder to stop the proliferation of software than hardware. Once you're back in the hardware space traditional controls work just fine (or, at least, as well as they ever worked).

tonyarkles 3y ago
> way harder to stop the proliferation of software than hardware Two interesting thoughts that shake out of that: - Hardware that used to be exotic and easy to control proliferation of has become significantly easier and cheaper to acquire; as an example, the MEMS gyros and accelerometers that are in your smartphone are $1 devices that 30-40 years ago would have been the size of a shoe box and orders of magnitude more expensive. Alternatively, you could download/develop code for a high-precision high-speed GPS receiver using an RTL-SDR or other low-cost software-defined radio for $20. For night vision/all-weather, you can get a decent resolution uncooled MWIR camera on AliExpress for about $1000; these have historically been ITAR-controlled, but when a factory in China starts pumping them out, ITAR kind of goes out the window. - Software makes a lot of the exotic hardware less important too. For example, the terrain following system in a Tomahawk could likely be implemented on a $100 Jetson Nano and a low-cost global-shutter camera. Kalman filters, compute power, and redundant $1 sensors can compensate for crappy sensors.

DoItToMe81 3y ago

The former already exists and is being employed in Libya. You don't need a neural network for this. https://www.cnet.com/culture/autonomous-drone-attacked-soldiers-in-libya-all-on-its-own/ https://www.cnet.com/culture/autonomous-drone-attacked-soldi... (not the best source unfortunately)