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4/22/2018 2:30pm
Artificial intelligence researchers from nearly 30 countries are boycotting a South Korean university over concerns a new lab in partnership with a leading defence company could lead to “killer robots”.
More than 50 leading academics signed the letter calling for a boycott of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and its partner, defence manufacturer Hanwha Systems. The researchers said they would not collaborate with the university or host visitors from KAIST over fears it sought to “accelerate the arms race to develop” autonomous weapons.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/05/killer-robots-south-…
How long until hardware and AI mix more together and hackers will be able to create real death machines. Or perhaps in the future a killer can go to a "silk road" marketplace and buy the AI and the hardware to create a killer drone or a killer robot.
It's not that far away....
The Shop
I look to science fiction, which has always predicted this, from Blade Runner to Minority Report (both Philip K. Dick) to Orwell etc. The federal government is completely out of control anyhow and just something to be avoided. They just got the Ministry of Truth going as DHS opens up a new "fake news" list of hundreds of thousands of news sites to monitor. Technology run amuck.
Pit Row
Themes and cautionary messages- real. "Science Fiction" is a 50s term, what it really is is Futurism, and speculation on the impacts of technology on the human race, which are fairly simple to predict.
From where I sit, truth is stranger than fiction and you couldn't even dream this stuff up. I am quite sure it is completely impossible to exist without Google tracking you somewhere and somehow at this point. Pretty soon it will be your camera and Wi-Fi connected fridge, which will be sold to you on the basis that you can check from the store if you need eggs or not. I am in the process of establishing a home that has none of the new wi fi add-ons which are nothing more than data gathering devices.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/facial-recognition-used-catch-fugitive-09434…
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