MurrayM
Guru
You mean like predicting the 7th inning of the Jays-Rangers game today?
Bingo
You mean like predicting the 7th inning of the Jays-Rangers game today?
...I think the key thing that many are missing here is that technology is not something that replaces humanity, but is, in essence, an extension of humanity. So technology is likely to inherit many if our human shortcomings.
That we are predetermining the requirement for autonomous ships may in itself be a fallacious goal.
I mean, if we are so technologically advanced in the future, why would we want to move goods across an unstable interface of two fluids, one fluid corrosive, at a relatively low speed (aka shipping) anyways? I'm sure there is a better solution, if this is even a problem then...
But I still believe that some things, especially on a ship, will still require some human intervention.
It's probably going happen.
Because we just don't know what we don't know about the future.
Hmmmmm.
If we don't know what we don't know, how can it be probable?
I did not read the whole thread so bare with me if I repeat something that has been already said. Want it or want it not but autonomous transportation s coming our way and faster than we think. Transportation companies are already taking action to align themselves in a way to be able to compete against near future concurrent with autonomous truck/boat.
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"In early May, Kongsberg Gruppen ASA, a Norwegian maritime-technology firm, and Yara ASA, a fertilizer manufacturer, announced a partnership to build the world’s first fully autonomous cargo containership.
Wifey B: So, full of sh.......?
No argument here, and I'm increasingly ready to welcome autonomous vehicles on public streets and highways. They could hardly be worse than some of the purportedly cognitive life forms that I see behind the wheel of "manned" cars on the road. For a ship at sea, maybe 99+% of the time, unmanned operation will be uneventful. It's the $#^%storm that breaks during the remaining .5% of the time that concerns me.
Or when it breaks down, gets hacked, gets hijacked, has a fire, etc.
Or when it breaks down, gets hacked, gets hijacked, has a fire, etc.
Evolution of the human race. Truly a wonderful thing!
Wifey B: Sorry, but technology is evolving. I can't see any evolution of the human race.
Wifey B: Sorry, but technology is evolving. I can't see any evolution of the human race.
From a different perspective, how are these ships going to be assisted/salvaged in times of peril? I get it, tech is coming but just wonder how insurance underwriters are going to treat risk on these ships. are they completely unmanned (I know nothing about them) or is there going to be a core crew aboard. How will salvors assist these ships when in distress?
It seems to me that a whole new chapter in maritime operations will evolve over the next couple of decades ( as it always does) faster than previous years.