Billionaire's Row, Palm Beach, Florida. July 08, 2026 (ABF Newswire) "I'm glad it wasn't a garbage man," quipped Ravi Rios when the body was identified. "Sanitation services are a public good. Nobody will miss one less hedge funder."

Let's back up to before the fiery demise of a Billionaire's Row resident. Back to where the two film students, Ravi Rios and Micah Kane, were about to test a prototype of their flight and targeting AI software for drones.

"We're big fans of movie explosions," laughed Micah. "I mean, who isn't a fan of giant fireball? Plus, things that blow up stand out on the socials, which is why we chose this location for our demo run. We thought the backdrop of these magnificent mansions against a gasoline explosion would be sweet."

Ravi continued, "With the help of AI, we vibe coded a drone flight and targeting system that currently manages up to three drones with the hopes to scale it up to more. One or more drones carry the explosive payload while a trailing drone carries the ignition source."

"Explosives are hard to come by for a couple of file students," interjected Micah.

"Right!" Ravi exclaimed. "So our prototype make use of gasoline as the payload and a road flare for the spark. The gist of our setup is: one or more drones take off with a payload of gas, followed by one drone with a lit flare."

"Timing is super important," added Micah. "The AI was instrumental in helping us code the logic to maximize a fireball. Whether we have one payload drone or multiple, the timing of when the first one drops its payload and when the ignition drone drops its payload is important. Too soon, and the volatile gas doesn't have enough time to dissipate into the air. Too late, and it dissipates too much. Just the right timing, and a beautiful, big fireball."

"We employ a standard video drone that follows the spark drone to capture the effect," said Ravi.

This day's attempt was the first to test multiple payload drones. The pair hoped to get an amazing video shot they could share.

"We wanted an explosion that would make Michael Bay proud," smiled Micah. "Unfortunately, I goofed on my AI direction. I instructed the wrong AI agent to fix a telemetry bug. I wanted the AI to fix a targeting glitch in a telemetry module between the drones and base computer station. I chatted with the wrong AI agent and instructed the one working on the internal reporting telemetry module to make the change."

"AI just wants to be helpful," shrugged Ravi.

For those who aren't into the AI lingo, when one vibe codes something with AI, they basically give the AI a set of instructions and the agent is a piece of software that helps the AI coordinate the work: edit and save chanes to files, test the code it creates, and iterate until things seem right. All done without user interaction. Essentially, AI plus an agent equals automated software development for people, even those who don't know code.

Ravi dumbed down Micah's explanation. "We wanted to fix a guidance system glitch and, instead, broke our internal reporting module. Now we have two bugs to track down."

"It worked, didn't it? We got our shot." Micah was proud of this attempt.

It was a beautiful shot. Granted, an unlucky resident was pulling in to his mansion right as the drone swarm swooped down and became a casualty of the targeting bug that remained in the guidance system.

For these two film students who got the perfect shot, it's a wrap!