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@Thomas2024@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 19 days ago

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

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

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@Thomas2024@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 19 days ago
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Poorly maintained sewers can have disastrous consequences, but regular inspections can be time-consuming, expensive, and dangerous. The solution: subterranean dung drones.
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  • Snot Flickerman
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    40•19 days 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).

    • LostXOR
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      This is the kind of AI that will change the world, not the word salad machines that burn through massive amounts of compute to sound kind of intelligent. The ability to train an AI model to identify problems is incredibly useful, whether it’s sewer blockages or cancer cells.

      • thedruid
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        16•19 days ago

        yep. all we have to do is keep incrementally improving lives with tech, instead of being assholes to each other. Imagine the world, if peace was the most researched branch

        • @GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml
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          3•19 days ago

          Marianne Williamson got laughed at about this in the 2020 US primary, but she was the only person who meaningfully advocated for peace among nations, going so far as to propose a Department of Peace.

  • @MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al
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    21•19 days ago

    Sounds like a shitty job.

    • @resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee
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      8•19 days ago

      AI is great at doing shitty jobs.

      • @steal_your_face@lemmy.ml
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        19 days ago

        And ai is shitty at doing great jobs

    • @whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works
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      4•19 days ago

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

  • @chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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    13•19 days ago

    “What is my purpose?”

    • @Telorand@reddthat.com
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      3•19 days ago

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

    • bean
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      2•18 days ago

      “You clean poop chutes.”

      • Tippon
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        2•18 days ago

        “NOT LIKE THAT! NOT LIKE THAT!”

  • billwashere
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    12•19 days ago

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

    • @tauren@lemm.ee
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      9•19 days ago

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

    • MeatPilot
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      2•19 days ago

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

      • billwashere
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        1•19 days ago

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

  • @Usernameblankface@lemmy.world
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    11•19 days ago

    One job that we can happily hand over to robots

  • @aesthelete@lemmy.world
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    9•19 days ago

    So much for Mike Rowes dirty jobs.

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

  • @El_Azulito@lemmy.world
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    7•19 days ago

    Well, that’s a brand new sentence.

  • AmidFuror
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    4•19 days ago

    I had poop drones on my bingo card!

    Have vaginal scented candles been invented?

    • @thiseggowaffles@lemmy.zip
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      10•19 days ago

      You are multiple years too late on vagina candles: https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/jan/13/why-is-gwyneth-paltrow-selling-a-candle-that-smells-like-her-vagina-goop

      • AmidFuror
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        2•19 days ago

        That’s a bingo! Is that how you say it?

  • @cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3•19 days ago

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

  • @Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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    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 and just hoping they don’t tear…

    • @ryannathans@aussie.zone
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      1•18 days ago

      Surely just throw it in the dishwasher

  • Nougat
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    3•19 days ago

    We are all poop drones on this glorious day.

  • @Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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    3•19 days 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.

    • @DancingBear@midwest.social
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      1•19 days ago

      Ten year olds operate the drones 👀

  • @unphazed@lemmy.world
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    1•18 days ago

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

  • @psyvibe@lemm.ee
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    1•19 days ago

    Sewer drone found footage could make a great horror movie.

    • @j0ester@lemmy.world
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      1•18 days ago

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

  • @nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1•19 days ago

    https://youtu.be/ub0wV0TvY8Q

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