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Robots in the skies (and they use Transformer models)

August 22, 2025 00:26:50 4.59 MB ( 21.17 MB less) Downloads: 0

Ryan welcomes Nathan Michael, CTO at Shield AI, to discuss what AI looks like in defense technologies, both technically and ethically. They cover how the Hivemind technology works in coordinating the autonomous decisions of drones in the field while keeping humans in the loop, whether Shield AI is building Terminators, and how software security works on an edge device that could fall into enemy hands. 

Episode notes:

Shield AI produces Hivemind, a resilient autonomy platform intended to protect service members and civilians.

Congrats to Great Answer badge winner tmdavison for dropping a 100 point plus answer on Set max value for color bar on seaborn heatmap.



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