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Alphabet's internet Loon balloon kept on station in the sky using AI that beat human-developed control code

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Re: Over complicated?

An HMS vessel may have motors to keep its position. We're not talking here about a airship but a hot air balloon: moving following X and Y-axis is possible only by catching the appropriate wind pushing in the right direction. And to do so the only way is to intervene on the Z-axis.

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