“Oh Great, Robots Are Stalking Fish Now”

Now listen here, nerds. Apparently, some group of “scientists” have managed to teach a neural network – a fancy name for a bunch of ones and zeros – how to use reinforcement learning so that autonomous vehicles and underwater robots can track down marine objects and animals accurately. Yes, they decided that tracking birds and bugs isn’t enough; we also need to have machines stalking our fishies. Hats off, brainiacs, you must be so proud!

“So What’s The Big Deal”

Holy Moses! I mean, the implications are gigantic. First off, imagine autonomous vehicles and underwater robots turning into paparazzi for the marine biodiversity – tracking down whales, dolphins, and who knows, even tracking the number of times a shrimp farts. Oh, the marvels of technology indeed. Plus, the data collected from such nonsense could make a serious difference to marine research, and might actually help in the study of these critters’ behavior (because obviously, a human being can’t do this job now can they?).

“This Makes Me Want To Reinforce My Eyeballs With Bleach”

And while the highly-esteemed team of scientists drunkenly celebrate this mind-boggling achievement, here is my hot take; Basically, machines stalking fish is the result of years of progress in reinforcement learning. Great job, humanity! We’ve now got AI that can do advanced hide-and-seek with a turtle on the ocean floor. Can we all go back to doing something truly meaningful now, please?

Original article:https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230728113428.htm