#AI: Bug-sized drones that can obey and talk. Patrick Tucker, Defense One.
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#AI: Bug-sized drones that can obey and talk. Patrick Tucker, Defense One.
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/05/us-military-now-has-voice-controlled-bug-drones/386213/
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| 0:00.0 | Elevate your summer nights |
| 0:03.0 | With all the indulgence of the new Magnum Double Star Chaser |
| 0:08.0 | With cracking chocolate, popcorn flavor, and rich caramel sauce for the night |
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| 0:25.0 | This is CBS, I'm the world, I'm John Nash |
| 0:29.0 | Drones, we hear much talk of drones on the battlefield |
| 0:32.0 | Killer drones, surveillance drones |
| 0:35.0 | Drones that kill without an explosion |
| 0:39.0 | However, a bug drone is something I've always puzzled about |
| 0:43.0 | Because many years ago I was told a story that there was a development team |
| 0:48.0 | Looking at swarms of what looked to be bugs |
| 0:51.0 | Very large bugs, they're bigger than beetles are supposed to be |
| 0:56.0 | And now I learned from Patrick Tucker the technology editor at Defense One |
| 1:01.0 | That there is under development now, not only bug drones, but bug drones that obey |
| 1:07.0 | And maybe even can converse |
| 1:11.0 | Patrick, very good evening to you, I understand that this is at the edge |
| 1:15.0 | But I love the edge and I went right to it |
| 1:18.0 | What is a bug drone and what do they think it can do in future? Good evening to you |
| 1:24.0 | Good evening, so yes, this dispatch comes from the Special Operations Forces recent global soft conflints down in Tampa |
| 1:31.0 | For a few years now they've been working with a drone |
| 1:35.0 | It's sometimes called a nano drone because it's very small, it's about the size of a bug, a big bug, but a bug |
| 1:43.0 | It has onboard a camera and a thermal camera |
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