Killer robot + AI apps for the near future

[vetran]

Treating the problem, not the cause.

Why do farmed salmon get lice (and it spreads so fast)?
1. Not a high enough flow of water through the cages
2. Too high a concentration of fish per cage
3. Additives in the food killing off the things that would normally get rid of the lice.
4. Additives in the food to increase growth at the detriment of health
Etc.

unfortunately the economics mean many of those are necessary to make a profit.

A non polluting solution is better than pesticides.

[OwlHoot]

A non polluting solution is better than pesticides.

Exactly, and far more selective.

Mark my words, effective "smart" solar-powered robotic pest control will create more than one billionaire before long. Even a robot scarecrow drone, with silhouette enough like a bird of prey to chase birds away from crops, would probably make a mint.

But the web searches I've tried show no indication whatever of how someone like myself, keen to get involved, can find anyone in the UK who might be interested in considering collaborating with this, nor even any forum that seems remotely relevant to it. What a sad state of affairs. I bet there are people in the US beavering away on it in their garages even now, like the guys who founded Google.

[vetran]

Is replacing drivers, pilots and doctors a given? What about carers? Cleaners?

first use will be where there is danger to the person.

Bomb Disposal - been doing it for years.
Torpedo/Missile steering - been doing it for years.(yes in WW2 & earlier there were human steered missiles).
Battlefield - already common place.
Fire - starting to happen robots & drones in use.
Rescue Air/Sea/Mountain - starting to happen.
Nuclear - already common.
Deep sea exploration - been doing it for years.

Problem is the robots are too expensive and difficult to maintain / program.

As they become more common and cheaper we will see more.

[vetran]

Robots could soon care for dementia patients | Daily Mail Online

Robots could soon care for dementia patients but experts warn it's 'not a replacement for human contact'
Tech advancements mean gadgets and apps are already being introduced
But there may be some potential in robots, researchers said in a new report
However, they worry that they may be used a substitute for face-to-face care

[Bee]

I would by a small flying robot to catch mosquitos in my bedroom at night. I hate these little vampires buzzing my ears.

[OwlHoot]

I would by a small flying robot to catch mosquitos in my bedroom at night. I hate these little vampires buzzing my ears.

The time to worry is when they suddenly stop buzzing!

[No2politics]

Is replacing drivers, pilots and doctors a given? What about carers? Cleaners?

Drivers and pilots - yes. Doctors - probably not in the near future.

https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-artific...t-do-right-now

"If a typical person can do a mental task with less than one second of thought, we can probably automate it using AI either now or in the near future."

That being said there are many application of machine learning that are assisting medical decisions right now. I remember reading it's been proven a machine can classify brain scan images into tumor/not tumor better than a human expert...

[MrMarkyMark]

The time to worry is when they suddenly stop buzzing!

I stayed at a place in Mexico, deepest Caribbean coast close to Belize.

The ones there were quite happy to bite in the day.

A visit to the toilet at midday could have 10 attached to you by the time you had finished and washed your hands

[BrilloPad]

BBC news channel had a piece this mnorning on machines taking over.

Now they have done an about face.

The 'creepy Facebook AI' story that captivated the media - BBC News

[No2politics]

Horizon was good last night. Talking about deep learning - the tech behind driverless cars, chat bots etc