Those guys at Birds Aren’t Real are having a “told you so!” moment right now.
Russia Launches First Brain-Chipped Bird Drones for Surveillance Over Cities
Submitted 3 weeks ago by sqgl@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world
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Soulphite@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
IratePirate@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Came for this, left satisfied.
6stringringer@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Feeling like I drove up, didn’t even need to roll down the window, got a glimpse of the details & circled on out.
XLE@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Birds Aren’t Real Guy is probably getting a second pump-and-dump scam going right this very moment…
ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The company plans to use the biodrones for extended monitoring of power transmission lines, gas distribution nodes and other infrastructure, as well as for environmental surveys, industrial inspections, search-and-rescue missions and additional security monitoring
Sure thing buddy. We all know what these are actually for you colossal piece of shit.
OptimusPrimeDownfall@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
If it’s actually true and not the usual Russian bullshit they can only back up with bots.
voidsignal@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Then tomorrow they’ll invent teleportation during lunch break. Russia is such an advanced state, and defintely not shithole running out a cash propaganda machine governed by a stupid afraid-of-death human stain
Etterra@discuss.online 3 weeks ago
I can’t wait until news comes out about cats eating them.
shyguyblue@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Dudes’ been playing Fallout show…
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
“first”, LOL…wake up sheeple, birds aren’t real.
Ninjascubarex@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Same company that did the Pythia rat experiment neiry.ru/…/p1o2t7kbt1-predstavlyaem-krisu-kotoray…
in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
From the article
The rat has already correctly answered hundreds of scientific questions - about quasars, myelin shells, Python and Albert Einstein’s birthday. The experiment continues every day, the number of rats with a neural interface is also growing.
Pile it Deep and High PHD work.
yesman@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
MrFappy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This will lead to unintended consequences of Russian citizens killing any bird they see, which will mirror the Chinese famine from years ago where they did the same, but that led to an increase of crop killing insects which led to widespread famine.
wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I bet Russians en masse are dumb enough to not know that infamous fact.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I would like to go back to the times when I could easily tell a joke from reality. To go, please.
DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Stop these bots. Show me something concrete
Sims@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Ha ha, I can’t believe anyone would still peddle this dumb propaganda nonsense :-) Come on OP, can we move on from that embarrassing con-job already ?
sqgl@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
You think I shouldn’t have posted it? The top comment here is making valid points casting doubt on its veracity. Isn’t that a good thing?
wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Russians? LOL. The best they can do is to fucking eat the poor little bird, as their economy is fucked and they are stupid enough to not understand why. Stop believing into miracles. Russia is a shit hole not much better to Nigeria. (Sorry Nigeria, I’m sure you’re much better than that, I just have no good example to compare to.)
voidsignal@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
USA?
wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
What do you mean by USA question mark?
REDACTED@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
It’s quite dangerous to keep underestimating russia
wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
My opinion is that they are overestimated.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No.
Bazell@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Yeah, yeah. Most likely just a wireless camera glued to a bird.
rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Bull - and what’s more - shit
worhui@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This an an absolutely exceptional claim that would put the company decades beyond any tech I have seen. They are claiming remote control of a complicated animal in flight. They also claim it is without training and over distances impossible for a bird as small as a pigeon to carry radio gear.
This is not believable without any evidence.
in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Propaganda mills run 24hrs in time of war. All sectors of industry are often involved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Propaganda_Works
I absolutely do not believe these claims until they’re independently verified
gustofwind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m not sure propaganda has ever been more intense and widespread than it is now with ubiquitous tech addiction
worhui@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That is what I was getting out without trying to use the loaded words.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
duh
OptimusPrimeDownfall@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
You are putting a lot of faith in a people that can’t even build a competent tank.
worhui@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is a remote control situation. The bird would do bird things once out of a control signal. They aren’t claiming full override and programming. I could easily see strapping a camera to a pigeon and training it. Maybe even remotely monitoring it and using a pre-trained electrical pulse to change direction.
moonshadow@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
If it’s like the bug experiments, they aren’t controlling its muscles granularly but guiding the whole critter through pain/aversion. Going left hurts, bird goes right type deal
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
I’ve heard of the particular people behind that particular company achieving similar things 12 years ago with, eh, humans. That’s of the “bloody regime horror stories” genre. There will be no proof.
Also honestly
why not? They have plenty of money and expertise. Something you don’t want to believe? Too bad, neither do I.
sqgl@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Indeed “thousands of km” is far fetched:
some of which are expected to be sent thousands of kilometers away while others remain in Moscow for further trials.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well… The electronics are solar powered, so it’s not like batteries would run out. I’m not sure there are really limits on the flight range of a pigeon. I have to assume they’d be allowed to eat.