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Feb 23, 2022

Tiny Space Probes Using “Laser Sails” Could Speed to Outer Planets and Beyond

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI, space

Imagine a field of wheat that extends to the horizon, being grown for flour that will be made into bread to feed cities’ worth of people. Imagine that all authority for tilling, planting, fertilizing, monitoring and harvesting this field has been delegated to artificial intelligence: algorithms that control drip-irrigation systems, self-driving tractors and combine harvesters, clever enough to respond to the weather and the exact needs of the crop. Then imagine a hacker messes things up.

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