2022-07-11
Why business is booming for military #AI startups - and, frankly, are we paying enough attention? https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
MIT Technology Review
The war in Ukraine has prompted militaries to invest more money in AI; NATO has announced a €1B fund to invest in startups developing “priority” tech such as AI
2022-07-10
Why business is booming for military #AI startups - and, frankly, are we paying enough attention? https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
MIT Technology Review
The war in Ukraine has prompted militaries to invest more money into AI; NATO has announced a ~$1B fund to invest in startups developing “priority” tech like AI
The invasion of Ukraine has prompted militaries to update their arsenals—and Silicon Valley stands to capitalize. Tweets: @iethics , @techreview , @eileenguo , @iethics , @amynordr...
2021-11-09
One thing is certain - if ‘everyone is going to live there’, humans will also learn to fight there. What are the implications of this for national security and military institutions? From @arstechnica https://arstechnica.com/...
Ars Technica
Unpacking some key aspects of what constitutes a metaverse, such as making and owning virtual property, 3D telepresence in a persistent world, and more
Will we all live in the metaverse soon? Or is the idea just Second Life redux? — These days it seems like everybody …
2021-04-16
An interesting effort to define which uses of #AI are useful to,society, and which ones are not. Europe seeks to limit use of AI in society. https://ow.ly/...
Politico
Leaked doc: EU considers a ban on using AI for social credit scores, surveillance, and more; non-compliant companies could be fined up to €20M or 4% of turnover
2020-02-23
“For several decades we have been training people to act like computers, and now we are complaining that these jobs are in danger.” I love this piece. Garry Kasparov reflects on the lessons of his 1997 loss to Deep Blue | @WIRED https://www.wired.com/...
Wired
Interview with Garry Kasparov, the first chess world champion to be defeated by a computer, about chess, AI, and a strategy for staying a step ahead of machines
Twenty-three years after he lost to Deep Blue, Kasparov says people need to work with machines. You have to “nudge the flock of intelligent algorithms.” Tweets: @softengresgrp , @...
2019-12-02
“Is it possible to create a form of digital communication that promotes consensus-building and civil debate, rather than divisiveness and conspiracy theories?” A fascinating piece on the future of social media and civil discourse from the @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Media historians, tech designers, science fiction writers, and activists on how and why “slow media” curated by humans should replace today's social media
My quest to imagine a different reality. Tweets: @nytimes , @ngrossman81 , @scottgreenfield , @craigmod , @profjessmaddox , @annaleen , @noahpinion , @warinthefuture , @janinezacha...