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Rabbit Cohen

@thegarbagebird @castironflower @FeralRobots @MaddieT @stavvers The thing that doesn't particularly make sense to me about making something like this self sailing is that the vast majority of labor on a cargo ship like that is, as I understand it, not navigation but maintenance and such.

19 March at 22:49 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.online
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binchicken

@BathysphereHat @castironflower @FeralRobots @MaddieT @stavvers oh i am sure that much like self driving cars they will not have any build issues.
they will be no trouble at all in a busy port, docking around one of those will be a breeze

19 March at 23:39 | Open on theblower.au
FeralRobots replied to binchicken

@thegarbagebird @BathysphereHat @castironflower @MaddieT @stavvers
They've got motors for maneuvering in port & no port in the world will let them pilot automatically. So that honestly won't be an issue.

19 March at 23:55 | Open on mastodon.social
binchicken replied to FeralRobots

@FeralRobots @BathysphereHat @castironflower @MaddieT @stavvers oh, so they're not actually automated. well that's a massive relief.

20 March at 0:19 | Open on theblower.au
FeralRobots replied to binchicken

@thegarbagebird @BathysphereHat @castironflower @MaddieT @stavvers
I don't think we're saying they're *not* (I mean, they don't exist yet, but looking past that) - I think we're saying they *can't be*, because maritime law will require them to not be. There may also be technical reasons but the legal (& insurance) reasons would supersede them.

20 March at 0:38 | Open on mastodon.social
Mikela replied to FeralRobots

@FeralRobots @thegarbagebird @BathysphereHat @MaddieT @stavvers my understanding is the goal fully automated fleets in international waters and human ran within ports

20 March at 1:19 | Open on hachyderm.io
binchicken replied to FeralRobots

@FeralRobots @BathysphereHat @castironflower @MaddieT @stavvers that's what i’d like to think too, but tech companies tend to find things like laws restrictive. they stifle ‘innovation’ and cut into profit margins

20 March at 8:18 | Open on theblower.au
Mikela replied to binchicken

@thegarbagebird @BathysphereHat @FeralRobots @MaddieT @stavvers they dont doc in port automatically but are driven in by humans

the ocean is big and accidents are rare at high seas

20 March at 0:00 | Open on hachyderm.io
FeralRobots replied to Mikela

@castironflower @thegarbagebird @BathysphereHat @MaddieT @stavvers
yep, AI advocates & VCs can want what they want, maritime authorities are not going to let ships dock without qualified pilots.😉

20 March at 0:03 | Open on mastodon.social
binchicken replied to binchicken

@BathysphereHat @castironflower @FeralRobots @MaddieT @stavvers i agree that in open water, they will be effective. i just don't know how they will get there.

my guess is with expensive port refits it will be doable.

20 March at 0:18 | Open on theblower.au
Mikela

@BathysphereHat @thegarbagebird @FeralRobots @MaddieT @stavvers

i think, and i could be wrong, that diesal engines and stuff for humans is the big maintenance task

so electric motors and a tiny computer plus rigid sails might actually have significantly less things to break and if they do it might just sail in circles

and its frieght so i presume a percentage needing a rescue is ok

20 March at 0:04 | Open on hachyderm.io
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