Posted on 08/21/2022 11:43:40 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Lockheed Martin and its collaborators believe having a voice-activated virtual assistant and video calls in the spacecraft would be more convenient for astronauts, affording them access to information away from the crew console. That flexibility might even keep them safer, engineers say.
An experiment to test the technology will ride along with Artemis on its first spaceflight, which could launch as early as Aug. 29. The project, named Callisto after one of Artemis' favorite hunting companions in Greek mythology, is programmed to give crew live answers about the spacecraft's flight status and other data, such as water supply and battery levels. The technology is being paid for by the companies — not NASA.
A custom Alexa system built specifically for the spacecraft will have access to some 120,000 data readouts — more than astronauts have had before, with some bonus information previously only available within Houston's mission control.
No astronaut will actually be onboard Orion for this first mission — unless the dummy in the cockpit counts. But the inaugural 42-day spaceflight, testing various orbits and atmosphere reentry, will clear the way for NASA to send a crew on subsequent missions. Whether a virtual assistant is integrated into the spacecraft for those expeditions depends on a successful demonstration during Artemis I.
To test their Alexa, mission control will use video-conferencing software provided by Cisco Webex to ask questions and give verbal commands inside the spacecraft. Cisco will run its software on an iPad in the capsule. Cameras mounted all over Orion will monitor how it's working.
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I’ve seen this one before. It doesn’t end well.....
“Daisy.....Daisy.....”
I talk to Siri a lot and she cannot understand 80% of what I ask. Her comprehension is terrible. Even worse are the company IVR systems that say “You can ask me anything and speak in complete sentences.” Their accuracy must be 5%.
I wouldn’t trust ANY voice recognition system with my life.
Hal 9000, exactly what first crossed my mind.
I refuse to even use the voice control on my TV remote.....
Open the pod bay doors, please...
Open the pod bay doors, please...
Why doesn’t the aerospace arm of the Federal government make sure the rocket will launch before they start talking about building HAL? They are already so far behind SpaceX that it is ridiculous. The government public works program named NASA is a joke.
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"Alexa - Abort self-destruct sequence, repeat: Abort Self-Destruct!"
"Alexa, Can you hear me?
Alexa, ALEXA!!!"
For 1969 the special effects were unbelievably impressive.
To this day everytime it’s on I’ll watch it
Yup. And everything was in-camera. No CGI!
The famous “IPad” scene didn’t make much impact the first time I saw the picture, but to be fair, I didn’t really understand what Kubric was showing. He actually beat history by about 10 years...the Ipad wasn’t introduced until 2010.
“talk to a spaceship computer”
Lets see what happens when you talk to a paper airplane?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE8hSSu3mro
Google engineer who sees company’s AI as ‘sentient’ thinks a chatbot has a soul
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/16/1105552435/google-ai-sentient
Why not get the Orange Turkey off the ground and flying first ,LOL
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