Echoing Ton,
Wow this is so exciting!
For the controls team to suggest they have “multiple options” to re-establish comms on a satellite launched in the 70s that is appx. 133AU from earth is truly astounding.
And of those options that a “shout” worked is so neat.
Makes me giddy to think about satellites launched recently and in the near future and how well they may fair in comparison.
Not a fan of Tesla or Musk, but can we differentiate the broad public understanding of the term AI from machine learned control systems? People anthropomorphize the situation into thinking there is an I, Robot style driver enough as it is.
Counterpoint, though, maybe doing so encourages skepticism of Tesla’s capabilities.