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SpaceX's drone ships
A sibling set for 3 agents. SpaceX's autonomous ocean landing platforms for Falcon 9 booster recovery, each named after a sentient starship in Iain M. Banks' Culture novels, a tribute reported directly to Elon Musk's fandom. Three boats that catch rockets, named after sentient starships from Iain M. Banks' novels, on purpose, in public. The strongest evidence we have that naming your hardware after fictional AIs is a normal thing to do.
- 1Of Course I Still Love YouAutonomous droneship stationed in the Atlantic
- 2Just Read the InstructionsSpaceX's first spaceport drone ship
- 3A Shortfall of GravitasAnnounced by Elon Musk via Twitter in 2018
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Order is by commissioning date. Source: Culture series (Wikipedia), linked.