The Future Mariner

Here’s the link to that article I referred to in my earlier post. Article was interesting. So were the comments below it.

Interesting results. Here’s a terrifying look into the future of artificial intelligence: http://youtu.be/7Pq-S557XQU

[B]I do not think it is if, but when our jobs will be automated[/B]. Of course there will always be a need for maintenance but the time is coming.

Just like the guys that can’t put the boat beside the dock or in the slip without DP. A joke, too bad that there isn’t a module for boat handling to get a ticket.

[QUOTE=capitan1962;146531]…A joke, too bad that there isn’t a module for boat handling to get a ticket.[/QUOTE]

Because the best way to show you can handle a boat is to answer a multiple choice question about boat handling…?

See pages 32 to 47.

Maybe it will be a combination of automation and remote operation, i.e. sitting in a room commanding the ship in a simulator type setting using real time video feed. You could stand your watch and go home every night.