Will the future of autonomous ships enable them to mimic humans?

Posted on 4 Oct 2018 by Maddy White

What if the entire maritime operation - every boat on every body of water - could connect across one system? A system so advanced that it might be impossible to tell the difference between human and AI-crews. Is that the future of the maritime industry?

Autonomous ships could be the future for the maritime industry – image courtesy of Depositphotos. “It should be like a telephone,” Alex Raymond, PHD student at the University of Cambridge says. “You don’t need a specific telephone to call another, and so you shouldn’t need a specific technology to interact with…

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