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Poop Drones Are Keeping Sewers Running So Humans Don't Have to

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Thomas2024@feddit.org⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.wired.com/story/poop-drones-are-keeping-sewers-running-so-humans-dont-have-to/

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Now, the drone-captured data is sent off to contractors at SewerAI, who run it through their AI-assisted algorithms to identify defects automatically.

    Now this is the kind of AI shit (pun intended) I can get behind (pun even more intended).

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  • MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sounds like a shitty job.

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    • resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      AI is great at doing shitty jobs.

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      • steal_your_face@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        And hwyrw shitty at doing great jobs

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    • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah I’m sure he regrets quitting his job to pass butter

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  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “What is my purpose?”

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    • b3an@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “You clean poop chutes.”

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      • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        “NOT LIKE THAT! NOT LIKE THAT!”

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    • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Cue the worship of the “Master” that sends them holy shit a la “Reason” by Isaac Asimov.

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  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is honestly such an uplifting news that gives me hope for the future.

    Prefer this over stories like a 10 year old that raised money to make up for lack of health care or some dystopian thing like that.

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    • DancingBear@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ten year olds operate the drones 👀

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  • billwashere@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Two words I never thought I’d see together… poop drone.

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    • tauren@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Honestly I though somebody was using drones to throw shit at people below.

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    • MeatPilot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well I’m glad it’s this and not a drone made of poop.

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      • billwashere@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Why do I believe if Mythbusters was still on the air they’d actually try this.

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  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Who services the poop drones I ask you…

    Some unlucky roboticist is stuck cleaning poop off treads, testing sensors and resoldering connections while wearing gloves.

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    • j0ester@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The same people who cleans the mess from those adult videos and the confetti from AGT/BGT.

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    • ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Surely just throw it in the dishwasher

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  • psyvibe@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sewer drone found footage could make a great horror movie.

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    • j0ester@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Please don’t give Hollywood any ideas… like the Blair witch project.

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  • El_Azulito@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well, that’s a brand new sentence.

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  • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    One job that we can happily hand over to robots

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  • MithranArkanere@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They need to make mining drones mandatory, too. Humans have no business being in holes. They are not their holes, they do not belong in them.
    I’m looking at you, spelunkers.

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    • Flameshark@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The bots yearn for the mines

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    • Demdaru@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Humans have no business being in holes

      Thus, sex became forbidden, and humanity declined, with last generation asking their ancestors why would they impose such harsh ban upon them shortly before extinction.

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  • aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So much for Mike Rowes dirty jobs.

    (Jk, those things were always a load of shit anyway.)

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    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      eh…

      mike rowe’s full of shit. don’t think for a moment any of those jobs were made up though.

      Man now I miss cash cab…

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      • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I remember he was shilling for trump after he won his first term, he was trying to play it off “it’s not that bad” that he got voted.

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      • aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s basically like saying “illegal immigrants” aren’t made up for Trump. Like, obviously people coming into the country illegally exist, but the dude was just making shit up when it came to the actual numbers.

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  • unphazed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I almost beat Sewer Shark. I was made for this!

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  • cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Remind me of that James Bond scene m.youtube.com/watch?v=9h1zn7l86HA

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  • aceshigh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Robots are taking over our jobs… did folks who work is sewers make good money because it wasn’t a pleasant job?

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  • Saleh@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why are you flying the drones though? Just give them wheels and call them robots.

    Costs less, is easier to operate, uses less energy, can be used in smaller spaces…

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    • Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or you could read the article. Wheels ain’t gonna work down there bro.

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      • Saleh@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There is no mention why wheels wouldnt work.

        They only mention that flying is difficult because of confined space and changing airflows.

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  • nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    youtu.be/ub0wV0TvY8Q

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  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lmao, they outsourced pooping to drones.

    And I was doing it for free too.

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