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| Google working with Pentagon on using AI for drone improvement |
| 2018-03-08 |
| [RT spit] Ubiquitous IT giant Google has silently inked a partnership with the Department of Defense to militarize artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, reinvigorating fears of a Terminator-style apocalyptic scenario. Google has been secretly working with the Pentagon in order to help its 1,100-strong fleet of drones to detect images, faces, and behavioral patterns, and plans to scour through massive amounts of video footage in order to improve bombing accuracy for autonomous drones. The endgame is to improve combat performance by automating the decision-making process in locating and targeting combatants, The Intercept reported on Tuesday. Project Maven was launched in April 2017 to establish an “Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team,” which advocates using sophisticated algorithm-based technologies to combat rising “competitors and adversaries”. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 Star Trek TOS "The Ultimate Computer" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-03-08 17:50 |
| #4 Without an Al Gore endorsement, I'm not at all interested in purchasing. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-03-08 10:05 |
| #3 The new improved 'Search' engine. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-03-08 10:03 |
| #2 Oh goody. Get the facists at Google tied up with the paper shuffling brains at the five sided funny farm. Coming soon to a 'conflicted area' near you: Stupid Facism. It may not make any sense, but we'll make you do it anyway. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2018-03-08 08:27 |
| #1 Certainly have to automate the battlefield and make up for the loss of manpower somehow. Birth control and ipads have turned the available population of potential draftees into anti-social, lard-arsed eunuchs. We'll be totally dependent upon AI and machines very soon. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-03-08 02:33 |