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Engineer builds AI laser defense system that wiped out every mosquito in his home (techspot.com)
submitted 11 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.radio to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

This is not novel. This has been done 100x in the past. It doesn't work.

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

But this time there's AI involved... so we can also boil the oceans!

[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I'd boil an ocean to exterminate all mosquitoes

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

There's AI and then there's AI. Unless you think the system is talking the mozzies to death, get a grip.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 hours ago

You think he DIDN'T use a multimodal ML model to feed it images plus text prompts?

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago

It worked insofar as it killed all the mosquitoes. Whether it'll end up burning his house down in the long run is still up for debate.