Feb 23, 2022
Tiny Space Probes Using “Laser Sails” Could Speed to Outer Planets and Beyond
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy 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.