The Mayflower Autonomous Ship: AI and Automation at Sea

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🗓️ 30 August 2022

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The world’s first autonomous vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean is signaling a new era in maritime technology. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell takes on this topic with Lauren Ober, host of The Loudest Girl in the World, and guestsBrett Phaneuf and Don Scott, the engineers behind the Mayflower Autonomous Ship Project. The two explain how automation and AI allowed them to reimagine the design and use of a ship at sea and their implications beyond maritime navigation. This is a paid advertisement from IBM

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Smart Talks with IBM, a podcast from Pushkin Industries, I Heart
0:07.2	Radio, and IBM. I'm Malcolm Graswell. This season we're talking to new creators, the developers, data scientists,
0:15.4	CTOs, and other visionaries who are creatively applying technology and
0:20.1	business to drive change. Channeling their knowledge and expertise, they're developing
0:24.6	more creative and effective solutions no matter the industry.
0:29.4	Our guest today are Brett Vanoff and Don Scott. Brett and Dawn are responsible for creating the
0:35.6	world's first unmanned fully autonomous ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, a
0:40.6	research vessel they've dubbed the Mayflower 400.
0:45.0	Brett is the director of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship Project, and Dawn is the CTO of Marine AI.
0:53.6	On June 30th, 2022, the Mayflower 400
0:57.4	successfully completed its voyage from Plymouth,
1:00.8	UK to Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1:04.0	It's both an homage to the original Mayflower,
1:06.8	which crossed the Atlantic 400 years earlier,
1:09.4	and a bellwether for the ways autonomous technology will push the boundaries of maritime exploration
1:15.7	in the next 400 years.
1:18.6	On today's show, the unlikely origins of a self-directed ship, some ocean misadventures, and what AI and machine learning
1:26.4	will mean for the future of seafaring and beyond.
1:30.1	Brett and Dawn spoke with Lauren Ober, host of the forthcoming Pushkin Podcast, The Loudest Girl in the World.
1:37.0	Lauren is a longtime radio host and reporter, Helming shows like NPR's The Big Listen and spectacular failures from American public media.
1:47.0	Okay, now let's get to the interview with Brett Fanoff and Don Scott.
1:56.0	Don and Brett, it's really great to be talking with you guys today.
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