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 18 hours ago by sqgl@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world
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Soulphite@reddthat.com 18 hours ago
IratePirate@feddit.org 16 hours ago
Came for this, left satisfied.
Etterra@discuss.online 2 hours ago
I can’t wait until news comes out about cats eating them.
ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 18 hours 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 17 hours ago
If it’s actually true and not the usual Russian bullshit they can only back up with bots.
voidsignal@lemmy.world 17 hours 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
DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Stop these bots. Show me something concrete
shyguyblue@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Dudes’ been playing Fallout show…
Sims@lemmy.ml 9 hours 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 8 hours 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?
Ninjascubarex@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
Same company that did the Pythia rat experiment neiry.ru/…/p1o2t7kbt1-predstavlyaem-krisu-kotoray…
in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 17 hours 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.
MrFappy@lemmy.world 17 hours 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 17 hours ago
I bet Russians en masse are dumb enough to not know that infamous fact.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 18 hours ago
I would like to go back to the times when I could easily tell a joke from reality. To go, please.
yesman@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
No.
Bazell@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
Yeah, yeah. Most likely just a wireless camera glued to a bird.
wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 17 hours 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 16 hours ago
USA?
wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 13 hours ago
What do you mean by USA question mark?
rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
Bull - and what’s more - shit
worhui@lemmy.world 18 hours 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 18 hours 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 18 hours ago
I’m not sure propaganda has ever been more intense and widespread than it is now with ubiquitous tech addiction
worhui@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
That is what I was getting out without trying to use the loaded words.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 18 hours ago
duh
OptimusPrimeDownfall@discuss.tchncs.de 17 hours ago
You are putting a lot of faith in a people that can’t even build a competent tank.
worhui@lemmy.world 18 hours 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.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 5 hours 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 5 hours 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.
moonshadow@slrpnk.net 15 hours 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