sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoEngineer builds AI laser defense system that wiped out every mosquito in his hometechspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down112
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkEngineer builds AI laser defense system that wiped out every mosquito in his hometechspot.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·edit-216 hours agoThis is not novel. This has been done 100x in the past. It doesn’t work.
minus-squarethejml@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·16 hours agoBut this time there’s AI involved… so we can also boil the oceans!
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·15 hours agoThere’s AI and then there’s AI. Unless you think the system is talking the mozzies to death, get a grip.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoYou think he DIDN’T use a multimodal ML model to feed it images plus text prompts?
minus-squareDempstersBox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoI’d boil an ocean to exterminate all mosquitoes
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoIt worked insofar as it killed all the mosquitoes. Whether it’ll end up burning his house down in the long run is still up for debate.
This is not novel. This has been done 100x in the past. It doesn’t work.
But this time there’s AI involved… so we can also boil the oceans!
There’s AI and then there’s AI. Unless you think the system is talking the mozzies to death, get a grip.
You think he DIDN’T use a multimodal ML model to feed it images plus text prompts?
I’d boil an ocean to exterminate all mosquitoes
It worked insofar as it killed all the mosquitoes. Whether it’ll end up burning his house down in the long run is still up for debate.