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SSG Robert Webster
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"The science fiction-sounding goal: Put an autonomous robot swarm of 250 or more drones under the control of light infantry soldiers or Marines to do complex tasks on the urban battlefield."
That is a perfect example of an oxymoronic statement.
'Under the control' and autonomous (in the usuall since) are diametrically opposed. You are either telling it/them what to do or your not, if they are not capable of ignoring outside control, they are not autonomous.
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MAJ Montgomery Granger
MAJ Montgomery Granger
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I believe the context is that each drone acts independently within the parameters of an algorithm specific to a task or set of tasks chosen by the controlling soldier(s). Literally you are of course correct.
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SSG Robert Webster
SSG Robert Webster
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MAJ Montgomery Granger - I do think that they could have come up with a better terminology for what in effect is a 'massive parallel processing network' using what would be considered an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to accomplish one or more assigned task and reporting to the operator.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Thank you for the great share MAJ.
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MAJ Montgomery Granger
MAJ Montgomery Granger
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Hooah!
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