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Satellite Loaded With AI For Self-Diagnosis
TheReckoning writes "NASA has loaded its E0-1 Satellite with Artificial Intelligence to diagnose on-board failures. The software 'works by comparing a computerized model of how the spacecraft's systems and software should perform against actual performance. If the spacecraft's behavior differs from the model, then the ... "reasoner" looks for the root cause of this difference and gives flight controllers several suggestions of what might have gone wrong.' Another NASA probe loaded with AI was Deep Space 1."
...the part of the spacecraft running the AI is the piece that goes bad?
This sig seemed like a good idea at the time....
They days of Skynet are finally at hand. You've all seen the movies, we've got to stop these robots from the future before they start damnit.
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After problems with the last satellite, NASA has announced the next satellite to go up will have an AI system to diagnose the existing AI system. This system will bypass all of the diagnostics capability of the first system and instead create a change request and invoice to have the contractor fix the problem.
Is it just me, or instead of lowering cost to LEO, we're paying a bunch of really smart people to play? With cooler stuff than we get to play with?
Anyone else see a 'Rise Of The Machines' potential here? :
Why would they have the system on board. This is just a big publicity stunt. A satillite link is very much able to transmit gigabytes a seconds, theres no reason so have it on the satillie.