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Another exception: autonomous flight (drones). They were in PopSci magazine in the 70s.
by TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
Another exception: autonomous flight (drones). They were in PopSci magazine in the 70s.
- cubefox 3y agoAutonomous though? Did PopSci really make predictions about AI?
- lupusreal 3y agoThe ”AI" needed for "autonomous" drones is basically just PID controllers. Autonomous flying vehicles already existed in the 70s, although not so much the hovering sort. For instance Tomahawk missiles with TERCOM navigation are originally from the 70s. Around that time they also developed various missiles and torpedoes that could be fired in a general direction, which would then enter search patterns and look for targets on their own using radar or sonar.
- cubefox 3y agoThat's not what I would call an autonomous drone.
- lupusreal 3y agoIt's what was meant by autonomous at the time, and isn't terribly far removed from what most autonomous drones are doing today. Today they might be using machine vision to identify targets, in the 70s and 80s they could do signal analysis to match sonar or radar signals to a database of signatures from known baddies.