I feel like in order to patent a thing, you should need have to have a credible implementation of the thing being patented. An implementation of this clearly requires at least level 4 autonomy[0], which AFAIK, nobody has demonstrated.
This is only slightly closer to a real-world implementation than a patent for asteroid mining, never mind commercial viability.
Mind you, I don't consider that a bad thing; this is pretty dystopian, but still.
This is only slightly closer to a real-world implementation than a patent for asteroid mining, never mind commercial viability.
Mind you, I don't consider that a bad thing; this is pretty dystopian, but still.
[0] https://www.sae.org/blog/sae-j3016-update