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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
January 31, 2019

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Autonomous Vehicles, China, robotics, Robots, Surveillance}

Military Technology and AI

_{Past, Present, and Future} _{Robert J. Marks

January 31, 2019

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Technology, including AI, needs protection. Intellectual property of corporations needs protected from espionage. Military technology needs protection from foreign agents. Show Notes 01:10 | Introduction; Daniel M. Ogden, J.D. 02:20 | Technology in the military history 08:00 | WWII technology; Norton Gun Site 12:20 | Banning AI autonomous weapons 16:48 | Slaughterbots 18:13 | Military AI endgame 18:55 | Other Read More ›

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post

Author
Mind Matters
Date
November 19, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Machine Learning, Religion

Tagged
China, Christianity, Facial Recognition, Muslims}

Facial Recognition Aids Persecution of Chinese Christians, Muslims

_{Western companies still seek business ties with an increasingly authoritarian regime} _{Mind Matters

November 19, 2018

4

Ethics, Machine Learning, Religion}

The crackdown on religion is said to stem from Xi Jinping, who became President in 2012. After he got term limits removed in March 2018, some have begun to privately call him “Emperor Xi.”

If a Robot Read the News, Would You Notice a Difference?

_{The Chinese government thinks not. Is this the way of the future?} _{Mind Matters

November 14, 2018

4

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

The robotic news readers of China serve a quite different purpose from the independent news outlets and commentators of the West; the robots help disseminate controlled information rather than finding and developing information. Read More ›

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post

Author
Mind Matters
Date
November 2, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors

Tagged
censorship, China, Freedom, Freedom House, internet, James O'Malley, Surveillance}

A chilling snippet from mass surveillance in China

_{China is helping other countries restrict their citizens’ internet, while shunning the U.S.} _{Mind Matters

November 2, 2018

4

Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

Overall, governments worldwide are restricting the freedom of the internet, especially around election times, and the big social media companies are conspicuous by their silence. Read More ›

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post

Author
Mind Matters
Date
October 19, 2018

Categorized
Machine Learning, Social Factors

Tagged
censorship, China, Europe, Google, Surveillance, United States}

Would Google be happier if America were run more like China?

_{This might be a good time to ask} _{Mind Matters

October 19, 2018

6

Machine Learning, Social Factors}

A leaked internal discussion document, the “Cultural Context Report” (March 2018), admits a “shift toward censorship.” It characterizes free speech as a “utopian narrative,” pointing out that “As the tech companies have grown more dominant on the global stage, their intrinsically American values have come into conflict with some of the values and norms of other countries.” Read More ›

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post

Author
Mind Matters
Date
September 25, 2018

Categorized
Ethics

Tagged
censorship, China, Google, Silicon Valley, Surveillance}

Google Powering China’s Snoop Culture

_{They’ve suppressed the memo but can’t suppress the uproar around it} _{Mind Matters

September 25, 2018

4

Ethics}

It may at first seem deeply ironic that a Silicon Valley ostensibly committed to liberal values would help to unleash this storm. But a political analyst carefully traces the growth in its enthusiasm for “smart government,” using the tools of information technology for social engineering. Read More ›

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post

Author
Mind Matters
Date
September 14, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors

Tagged
censorship, China, Google, Jack Poulson, Sundar Pichai}

Senior Google scientist quits over Google’s censorship in China

_{He believes it “contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights”} _{Mind Matters

September 14, 2018

4

Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

Some believe that any censorship system that a human being can develop can somehow be got around by another human being. China may provide a way of testing that.

Will AI Liberate or Enslave Developing Countries?

_{Perhaps that depends on who gets there first with the technology} _{Denyse O'Leary

August 20, 2018

3

Machine Learning, Social Factors}

Karl D. Stephan: Zimbabwe, an African country well-known for its human-rights abuses, has received advanced Chinese AI technology from a startup company in exchange for letting the firm have access to the country’s facial-recognition database. So China is helping the government of Zimbabwe to keep tabs on its citizens as well. Read More ›