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#10 - Mohamed Saad Ibn Seddik - blkSAIL

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The guests of this episode is Mr. Mohamed Saad Ibn Seddik. He is the founder of blkSAIL - a maritime autonomy startup from Boston. Mohamed holds a PhD in marine autonomy and has a decade of intense experience under his belt in this innovative and fast developing field. He is also a visiting instructor at MIT.

During our talk he answers, among other things, the following questions:

  • What does it mean for a ship to be autonomous and how does it work?
  • Where and how is Artificial Intelligence used?
  • What are some of the key missing pieces that are needed for a wider commercial adoption of maritime autonomy?
  • What is blkSAIL offering to their clients?
  • For what ships or boats is this technology applicable?
  • How is are safety and redundancy concerns resolved?

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