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He want's to make it
aww man
I respect his solar commitement, but listening to him it's obvious he's a libertarian Elon-Bro... my immediate reaction is "oh no... it's stupid."
And the concept isn't new, solar boats have been a thing for ages now and most of them are (like @OwOarchist@pawb.social suggested) catamarans or trimarans.
Can we please avoid using abelist slurs in this community?
Heard and edited.
AI is completely irrelevant to his project, I really don't know why he mentioned that. The solar/battery/motor setup looks like off-the-shelf from victron — we can see a screenshot of the app at some point.
I'd like to second Povoq's request and ask that we're more mindful of the words we choose and their impact please.
Honestly not a terrible use of ai. I imagine it's pretty good at spotting things in a sparse environment like the middle of the ocean.
Wouldn’t that just be a regular software that uses ML for just image detection?
I suspect voice control + a small LLM for tool uses qualifies it as "AI"
AI can be fine, I cringed at the mention of Starlink, even though that's a case where it makes sense.
There's currently not really an alternative to Starlink for this type of use sadly. If speed isn't a concern then there are, but for typical internet usage there really isn't.
Sadly true