The Crawlnet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line August 4th, 2026. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Crawlnet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to stomp the bug.
Human operators can steer individual insects via controllers, but the company is also building software for autonomous swarming. Wilhelm said the goal is to use algorithms to coordinate dozens or potentially hundreds of biohybrid insects as a group. "With that algorithm we create, you can steer a whole swarm of insects towards a target. And that could be 10, that could be also, like, a hundred."
This technology is supposed to be for disaster response (sending cockroaches to check for survivors under rubble and stuff), but yeah that sounds about right. I wonder how long it'll take until they put bombs in these.
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kirkoman@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 265d
Maiq@piefed.social · 4 pts · 265d
The Crawlnet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line August 4th, 2026. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Crawlnet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to stomp the bug.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 263d
I, too, immediately thought of The 5th Element.
FelixCress@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 265d
Thank you, I am going to have nightmares now.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 4 pts · 265d
This technology is supposed to be for disaster response (sending cockroaches to check for survivors under rubble and stuff), but yeah that sounds about right. I wonder how long it'll take until they put bombs in these.
rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 264d
Very disgusting human behavior
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 263d
I remember this episode...
AnitaAmandaHuginskis@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 262d
Dr. Krieger, probably
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 263d
"What have they done to Archie??"