Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Monarch: The World’s First Fully Electric, Driver Optional, Smart Tractor
December 11th, 2020I don’t know why Monarch waited almost to the end to say it, but fully supporting right to repair is huge, given the diabolical and universally hated behavior of the tractor industrial complex: Big Tractor says farmers have no right to access the copyrighted software that controls every facet of today’s equipment, even to repair […]
“You’re Taking Over Somebody Else’s Physical Body with the Mind of Another Human”
December 7th, 2020Also, “You can engineer a unique thing that would only kill one person in the world.” Via: Modern War Institute: Dr. Charles Morgan speaks to cadets and faculty at West Point about a range of topics, including psychology, neurobiology, and the science of humans at war. Dr. Morgan’s neurobiological and forensic research has established him […]
China Conducts Test Of Massive Suicide Drone Swarm Launched From A Box On A Truck
October 15th, 2020Via: The Warzone: China recently conducted a test involving a swarm of loitering munitions, also often referred to as suicide drones, deployed from a box-like array of tubular launchers on a light tactical vehicle and from helicopters. This underscores how the drone swarm threat, broadly, is becoming ever-more real and will present increasingly serious challenges […]
Small, Unmanned Spy Boat Washed Up on Scottish Island
October 8th, 2020Via: Forbes: Last week a small unmanned vessel washed up on the rocky Scottish Isle of Tiree, about a hundred miles from the U.K.’s nuclear submarine base at Faslane. It was identified as a Wave Glider, a type made by U.S. company Liquid Robotics, which is capable of traveling thousands of miles and is used […]
How the Police Use AI to Track and Identify You
October 3rd, 2020Via: The Gradient: Surveillance is becoming an increasingly controversial application given the rapid pace at which AI systems are being developed and deployed worldwide. While protestors marched through the city demanding justice for George Floyd and an end to police brutality, Minneapolis police trained surveillance tools to identify them. With just hours to sift through […]
The Rise of Skyborg: Air Force Betting on New Robotic Wingman
September 26th, 2020Via: National Defense Magazine: The “Skyborg” program is one of the service’s top science-and-technology priorities under the “Vanguard” initiative to deliver game-changing capabilities to its warfighters. The aim is to acquire relatively inexpensive, attritable unmanned aircraft that can leverage artificial intelligence and accompany manned fighter jets into battle. “I expect that we will do sorties […]
The Gordian Knot
September 22nd, 2020Via: Truthstream Media:
Robot Can Detect if People Are Wearing Masks
September 15th, 2020Via: Fox 5 NY: A human-like robot called Pepper can now detect whether people are wearing a mask to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Pepper uses cameras to scan the faces of up to 5 people in a group, simultaneously, in order to check if they are wearing a mask. During the interaction, Pepper […]
Tesla Delays Release of Important Autopilot Rewrite
September 14th, 2020“As for the robotaxis zipping from one burbclave to another… Not happening anytime soon.” —Automakers Are Rethinking the Timetable for Fully Autonomous Cars Via: Electrek: At this point, we need a major asterisk next to the “1 million Robotaxi vehicles” claim. Related: Director of AI at Tesla on Self Driving Progress: We’re Hiring
The Air Force Just Tested “Robot Dogs” For Use In Base Security
September 8th, 2020Bonus: Another one for your Starlink Is Mainly for Rural Internet Access *wink* file folder. Via: The Warzone: They look like they were cast straight from an episode of Black Mirror, and eventually, their mission could be similar in some ways, but for now, robot dogs are stretching their legs in the big test exercise […]
