Man-Hunting A.I. Drone Built In Just Hours

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It only takes a few hours to configure a small, commercially available drone to hunt down a target by itself, a scientist has warned.

Luis Wenus, an entrepreneur and engineer, incorporated an artificial intelligence (AI) system into a small drone to chase people around "as a game," he wrote on March 2. But he soon realized it could easily be configured to contain an explosive payload.

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Collaborating with Robert Lukoszko, another engineer, he configured the drone to use an object-detection model to find people and fly toward them at full speed, he said. The engineers also built facial recognition into the drone, which works at a range of up to 33 feet (10 meters). This means a weaponized version of the drone could be used to attack a specific person or set of targets.

"This literally took just a few hours to build, and made me realize how scary it is," Wenus wrote. "You could easily strap a small amount of explosives on these and let 100's of them fly around. We check for bombs and guns but THERE ARE NO ANTI-DRONE SYSTEMS FOR BIG EVENTS & PUBLIC SPACES YET."

https://www.livescience.com/technol...e-built-in-just-hours-by-scientist-for-a-game

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maximus otter said:
It only takes a few hours to configure a small, commercially available drone to hunt down a target by itself, a scientist has warned.

Luis Wenus, an entrepreneur and engineer, incorporated an artificial intelligence (AI) system into a small drone to chase people around "as a game," he wrote on March 2. But he soon realized it could easily be configured to contain an explosive payload.

Qo94CCUcUzTnMQDKMBBahE-1920-80.jpg.webp


Collaborating with Robert Lukoszko, another engineer, he configured the drone to use an object-detection model to find people and fly toward them at full speed, he said. The engineers also built facial recognition into the drone, which works at a range of up to 33 feet (10 meters). This means a weaponized version of the drone could be used to attack a specific person or set of targets.

"This literally took just a few hours to build, and made me realize how scary it is," Wenus wrote. "You could easily strap a small amount of explosives on these and let 100's of them fly around. We check for bombs and guns but THERE ARE NO ANTI-DRONE SYSTEMS FOR BIG EVENTS & PUBLIC SPACES YET."

https://www.livescience.com/technol...e-built-in-just-hours-by-scientist-for-a-game

maximus otter
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Like nobody who saw a drone and was aware of facial recognition couldn’t see the ramifications.
 
PeteS said:
Exactly and why publicise this ability anyway?
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It's part of the hacker ethic that information should be shared. In this situation the idea is that it's best that as many people as possible know about the problem so we can think of ways to defend against it.
 
It would work better than chasing people with a big white balloon. However as soon as you turn around and run away, presumably the facial recognition stops working.
 
If you’re frightened of the prospect of attack by an explosive drone, there are clothes with patterns that foil facial recognition cameras. However, I recently watched a video of a drone keeping up with Max Verstappen going all out in Red Bull, so you’d have to be quick putting them on.

You have to be prepared for literally anything these days.

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Xanatic* said:
It would work better than chasing people with a big white balloon. However as soon as you turn around and run away, presumably the facial recognition stops working.
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Never understood why people never just popped those large white balloons with a fag or a pin instead of being terrified of them. Harder to get rid of a fast drone.
 
Xanatic* said:
It would work better than chasing people with a big white balloon. However as soon as you turn around and run away, presumably the facial recognition stops working.
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Now that’s what I call Proper Soul Crushing Oppression! Tally Ho!

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Xanatic* said:
However as soon as you turn around and run away, presumably the facial recognition stops working.
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By then you would have been marked, and it would be quite easy to program the drone to follow and even 'get ahead' of the target to verify facial recognition if wanted - or simply finalize the attack. These drones can really move - even with a payload. Also; if armed with a gimble / turret weapon [gun/missile] the target could be fired on as soon as facial recognition reports affirmative.
 
Night_Watch said:
By then you would have been marked, and it would be quite easy to program the drone to follow and even 'get ahead' of the target to verify facial recognition if wanted - or simply finalize the attack. These drones can really move - even with a payload. Also; if armed with a gimble / turret weapon [gun/missile] the target could be fired on as soon as facial recognition reports affirmative.
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But I expect a full face helmet would give it some problems.
 
maximus otter said:
It only takes a few hours to configure a small, commercially available drone to hunt down a target by itself, a scientist has warned.

Luis Wenus, an entrepreneur and engineer, incorporated an artificial intelligence (AI) system into a small drone to chase people around "as a game," he wrote on March 2. But he soon realized it could easily be configured to contain an explosive payload.

Qo94CCUcUzTnMQDKMBBahE-1920-80.jpg.webp


Collaborating with Robert Lukoszko, another engineer, he configured the drone to use an object-detection model to find people and fly toward them at full speed, he said. The engineers also built facial recognition into the drone, which works at a range of up to 33 feet (10 meters). This means a weaponized version of the drone could be used to attack a specific person or set of targets.

"This literally took just a few hours to build, and made me realize how scary it is," Wenus wrote. "You could easily strap a small amount of explosives on these and let 100's of them fly around. We check for bombs and guns but THERE ARE NO ANTI-DRONE SYSTEMS FOR BIG EVENTS & PUBLIC SPACES YET."

https://www.livescience.com/technol...e-built-in-just-hours-by-scientist-for-a-game

maximus otter
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It could probably fly in tandem with this one I've just seen on Twitter/X.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1796029085409276340
 
catseye said:
I think a properly programmed drone should be able to tell a 3D image from a 2D one, shouldn't it?
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Technically, yes - if the drone was equipped with a 3D laser-scanning system. But time is of the essence in a drone encounter, so only video face recognition would be used.
 
Mythopoeika said:
Technically, yes - if the drone was equipped with a 3D laser-scanning system. But time is of the essence in a drone encounter, so only video face recognition would be used.
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So you could just wear a mask? I mean a full face one, not like a Covid one.
 
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