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0 pointsxattt4y ago0 comments

The argument for easier piracy assumes that a self-driving ship would have a standard "people accessible" format. There's no reason for packaging of the vessel to remain the same.

Consider patrol drones. They look nothing like something an individual can get into.

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salawat4y ago

This was already addressed. Most of it would still have to be human accessible for maintenance/emergency purposes. If you're going to have to potentially service the thing underway, there is no point redoing the packaging.

Besides which, an automated ship is about a trio of tugs, a computer replacement, and a buncha fuel away from anywhere.

Retric4y ago

In terms of maintenance you can put the access below the cargo which significantly increases what it takes to hijack a ship. However for hijacking’s the simplest approach is to simply scuttle the ship remotely. If they get nothing then it’s rather hard to get people to hijack the next ship.

kayodelycaon4y ago

> scuttle the ship

You mean deliberately sink a $10 million ship, causing a massive environmental disaster. Not to mention being a hazard to other shipping if the water is shallow enough or the ship breaks apart.

Do you blow up a grocery store because someone attempts to steal a jar of pickles?

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