The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
When machines outsmart humans
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/09/opinion/bostrom-machine-superintelligence/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
I suppose someone should worry about this sort of thing, but much like the The Cambridge Project for Existential Risk I think it is largely a total waste of time (for society, of course; for …
DARPA Announces Cyber Grand Challenge
http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/10/22.aspx
Great! Lets have a contest to see who can build Skynet faster!
Disclosure: I just started a new job where I am working to help build Skynet:
http://www.hexiscyber.com/content/hawkeye-g-active-defense-grid
So far as I know (it …
New drone has no pilot anywhere, so who’s accountable?
The Navy is testing an autonomous plane that will land on an aircraft carrier. The prospect of heavily armed aircraft screaming through the skies without direct human control is unnerving to …
Web-based ‘brain’ for robots goes live
Robots confused about what they encounter in the world of humans can now get help online.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21714191
Well, I am sad to say I didn’t see this one coming. It makes sense, though, and …
Now, a shape-shifting robot that changes to anything
http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/nowshape-shifting-robot-that-changes-to-anything/88714/
In case you somehow missed watching the Terminator 2, the T-1000 is the terminator that can change its shape. Made of a ‘mimetic poly-alloy‘ it can morph to nearly …
The ‘mule-bot’ walks again
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/12/the-mule-bot-walks-again/?hpt=hp_c2
Not exactly how useful this will turn out to be, but since it is another small step along the path to Skynet surely it is a good thing, eh?
One ‘practical’ issue I have is …
SSD firmware destroys digital evidence, researchers find
Forensic analysis of drives by investigators now uncertain
http://news.techworld.com/security/3263093/ssd-fimware-destroys-digital-evidence-researchers-find/?olo=rss
Quite amazing how the steps to Skynet are taken unconsciously and incrementally. I am sure that many will question this comparison, but the important …
Cybersecurity bills aim to prevent ‘digital Pearl Harbor’
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/23/technology/cybersecurity-bills/index.htm?source=cnn_bin
This is a serious conundrum and one that is difficult to resolve. Our nation’s electronic infrastructure is indeed under constant (largely successful) attack and there is no doubt in my mind …
Cyberwar Is the New Yellowcake, Fueling a Cybersecurity-Industrial Complex
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/yellowcake-and-cyberwar/
We do have a “Cybersecurity-Industrial Complex” exactly like the military industrial complex with the revolving door between the government and the companies sucking on its tits. However, the problem potential …
Self as Symbol
The loopy nature of consciousness trips up scientists studying themselves
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/337947/title/Self_as_Symbol
I used to subscribe to Science News and had been receiving it for decades (my parents started getting it for me when I was a teenager). …