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Drones also easily get jammed. Which is why both sides are using cable based drones with spools of fiber optics cable.

It's only a matter of time before they go fully autonomous. The technology exists now and tbh I'd be surprised if it hasn't been deployed already.

We have already hit that point - https://www.livescience.com/ai-drone-attack-libya.htm

Yeah those optic fiber drones on the video are so easy to jam lol

nvidia chip and yolo model and you get autonomous drone

...which can barely get off the ground due to the power consumption of that 'NVidia chip' and gives off the heat signature of a jet-powered drone once it manages to get airborne.

Nah, you don't need an 'NVidia chip' for this purpose, a reasonably modern mobile phone will do and has all the sensors you want. Just add a battery, 4 motors with propellers and something (other than the battery) which goes boom and voilà, an autonomous drone. Some [1] mobile [2] phones [3] even have their own thing-that-goes-boom [4] built in from the factory to make this project even easier to accomplish.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcoU2mXJJ3k

[2] https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252212685

[3] https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/6281000/iphone-explosion-video...

[4] https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250125537

Nvidia has chip for IoT purposes (jetson) thats being used by lockheed and other mil majors in their products

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