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"mtdrift" (mtdrift) 03/02/2017 at 11:33 • Filed to: Drones, Robots, The Singularity, Fail

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Just a rogue toaster on a mission of its own.

Jcarr > mtdrift 03/02/2017 at 11:37

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Rogue toaster

Roadster Man > Jcarr 03/02/2017 at 11:39

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Brave toaster.

For Sweden > mtdrift 03/02/2017 at 11:46

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I’m going to need a glass of wine when that report comes out.

user314 > mtdrift 03/02/2017 at 11:46

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Is the Army using Apple Maps?

64Mali > mtdrift 03/02/2017 at 11:47

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That is amusing.

promoted by the color red > mtdrift 03/02/2017 at 11:49

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Somebody forgot to carry the one.

ttyymmnn > mtdrift 03/02/2017 at 11:53

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The Battle of Palmdale II: Electric Boogaloo

facw > mtdrift 03/02/2017 at 11:59

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vp917 > mtdrift 03/02/2017 at 11:59

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The drone in the header photo...

haveacarortwoorthree2 > mtdrift 03/02/2017 at 12:46

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Army drone disappears in Colorado. Has anyone checked Ukrainian wheat production figures lately? Wolverines!

Saracen > mtdrift 03/02/2017 at 12:59

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It was either a problem with the navigation software, or the mission planning software, or it could be some interference caused a lost link. Though why it didn’t go into loiter mode, I don’t know. It’s mysterious but it’s not as out of the ordinary as they’re making you think.

The Army doesn’t use MQ-9's. They will be using the MQ-1C Sky Warrior though.

The whole Skynet thing is hilarious, and completely implausible. There is no ‘AI’ software in UAV’s. They can take off and land themselves. You can plan missions, set waypoints, and that’s about it. They’re not going to ‘reprogram’ themselves and ‘become sentient’ or whatever.

I’d know, because I write software for UAV’s..

BorkBorkBjork > Jcarr 03/02/2017 at 13:06

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Best song in the movie. And now it’s stuck in your head.

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > mtdrift 03/02/2017 at 13:46

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Before you launch a UAV you have to upload it an “emergency” mission, that tells it to return home if it loses link.

Someone didn’t do that, so it continued on the last command given before it lost link until it ran out of gas.