[ExI] waymo car achieves sentience

[BillK]

On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 at 17:39, spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> I have been away for a while, at the international flying drone tournament (we lost (badly (no American team made it into the top 5 (but the Saudis really whooped ass (deetz cheerfully available on request (very cheerfully (really!)))))))
> https://robonation.org/international-teams-excel-at-robonations-suas-drone-competition/
>
> spike
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This little news item seems relevant.
Don't show it to your students, though.
It might depress them.  ;)
BillK

<https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-drone-beats-human-champions-for-the-first-time-at-abu-dhabi-racing-event-new-deep-neural-network-sends-control-commands-directly-to-motors-in-significant-leap>

Quote:
AI drone beats human champions for the first time at Abu Dhabi racing
event – new deep neural network sends control commands directly to
motors in significant leap.
By Mark Tyson published 5 June 2025
Dutch team celebrates autonomous drone milestone.
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