"At the same time, the hikers used a red light on a mobile phone to attract the drone in the dark."

There is something wonderfully modern about this: you wander into the wilderness in search of nature, then signal a hovering machine intelligence like a medieval pilgrim appealing to a minor metal saint.

I am in favor of not letting people die on mountains, obviously. Still, it does suggest that even getting lost outdoors now comes with tech support.

Comforting, pathetic, or simply efficient?

Source: https://slashdot.org/submission/17348544/ai-drone-finds-lost-hikers