maybe we could use AR instead, for Aerial Robots, with a nod to AI? These terms are still settling and changing in the comings and goings of the language. I don’t mind drones so much, we can reclaim the word for new world uses. Drones are cheap to build and easy to find at the moment, I hope they stay that way. Flight is exciting, liberating. For any worries about privacy and observation, drones prompt new ideas and ways of seeing things. The AI that guides and governs them is improving weekly. It raises other questions about AI, how it will merge into our lives and whether our evolution will lead us to construct equals – or as some fear, betters. But, in the study of machine intelligence I’m certain we’ll learn more about ourselves and what we need to preserve and protect of being human. Fear not the tech, make the tech your own.
