4,000 Meters: Ukrainian Sniper Sets New World-Record Kill Using AI and Drones, Video
https://united24media.com/latest-news/4000-meters-ukrainian-sniper-sets-new-world-record-kill-using-ai-and-drones-video-10786
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DrFistington@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 364d
Beautiful fucking work. Roughly 2.5 miles away
addie@feddit.uk · 18 pts · 364d
980 m/s muzzle velocity on that thing, so that's at least 4 seconds of gravity and wind interference accounted for in the aim. Bordering on the supernatural.
Speculater@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 364d
The round was guided in by a drone. I think these bullets are not your grandpa's ammo.
chrizzowski@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 364d
I don't think the round itself was guided, rather the sniper was guided by visuals and data from the drone. Even more impressive if it was a good ol' analog shot apart from help where to point it.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 11 pts · 364d
According to the article it was a "14.5 mm Aligator sniper rifle"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipex_Alligator
Which just takes big ass bullets yeah
Im no gun guy, but i would assume it was probably nothing "AI" related (as usual when people use the term AI) and just a smart algorithm that takes in all the parameters gathered by the drone and spotter and calculates the correct parameters to use for the operator.
8uurg@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 364d
Arguably, a smart algorithm that determines parameters is some form of AI, just not an LLM, image generator or other machine learning model.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 364d
The term AI is so worthless to begin with because it has no real definition. I would personally say that its "anything involving machine learning" but that defintion doesnt actually have anything to do with being "artificially intelligent" so it also makes no sense.
grue@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 364d
"Anything involving machine learning" also has nothing to do with "classical AI," which was basically just gigantic piles of
ifstatements.8uurg@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 363d
It does have a dictionary entry though, e.g. "the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively”, and I would argue that this definition fits.
The definition "something that lets a computer perform tasks that are thought to require intelligence" depends on the person, and whether they think something required a form of intelligence. Accounting for all variables over a large distance so you hit your target seems like it requires a reasonable amount of intelligence to me.
It is a extremely generic term though, almost like using 'software package'. It is more often used as a buzzword than something that provides significant clarification about how it works.
Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 364d
And, took out 2 invaders with 1 shot.
Talaraine@fedia.io · 23 pts · 364d
Slava Ukraini!
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 364d
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦