Implications in many fields…
https://spectrum.ieee.org/neurotech-workplace-innereye-emotiv
ARE YOU READY FOR WORKPLACE BRAIN SCANNING?
GET READY: NEUROTECHNOLOGY is coming to the workplace. Neural sensors are now reliable and affordable enough to support commercial pilot projects that extract productivity-enhancing data from workers’ brains. These projects aren’t confined to specialized workplaces; they’re also happening in offices, factories, farms, and airports. The companies and people behind these neurotech devices are certain that they will improve our lives. But there are serious questions about whether work should be organized around certain functions of the brain, rather than the person as a whole.
To be clear, the kind of neurotech that’s currently available is nowhere close to reading minds. Sensors detect electrical activity across different areas of the brain, and the patterns in that activity can be broadly correlated with different feelings or physiological responses, such as stress, focus, or a reaction to external stimuli. These data can be exploited to make workers more efficient—and, proponents of the technology say, to make them happier. Two of the most interesting innovators in this field are the Israel-based startup InnerEye, which aims to give workers superhuman abilities, and Emotiv, a Silicon Valley neurotech company that’s bringing a brain-tracking wearable to office workers, including those working remotely.
How is this different? Granted the risks are greater since attack across the internet is now possible...
https://breakingdefense.com/2022/11/dod-must-think-very-differently-about-armed-conflict-cyber-in-light-of-ukraine-war-official/
DoD must ‘think very differently’ about armed conflict, cyber in light of Ukraine war: Official
… Still, Eoyang said DoD is now thinking about cyber operations in the context of armed conflict in four ways:
Making sure government-to-government communications and networks are secure, shown in how DoD’s communications with Ukraine have helped enable its defense and intelligence sharing.
The importance of secure communications within the military, like how Ukraine’s military has been able to share information with forward commanders.
In the informational space, thinking about what it means for Ukrainian citizens to be able to communicate with the world and tell their stories through social media platforms like TikTok, Twitter and Facebook, which “has denied Russian the information environment that they want to prosecute this conflict.”
The inherent value in ensuring “essential” government functions. “As you look at attempts to destroy the kind of essential data that makes a country a country…such as passport records, birth records, property records… What do governments need to be able to continue to operate its essential function?” Eoyang said.
As I read it, the system can identify a gun only when it sees a gun. That is, it does not identify people concealing weapons.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/septa-gun-detection-safety-shootings-20221118.html
SEPTA will roll out artificial-intelligence gun detection program on Market-Frankford, Broad Street lines
SEPTA plans to test an artificial-intelligence surveillance program that will detect guns within seconds of being brandished along the transit system’s sprawling network.
Absolute systems. There is absolutely no legal reason to do any of these things...
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-63682810
AI cameras catch 590 people without seatbelts in Devon and Cornwall
… The cameras caught 590 people not wearing seatbelts and 40 people driving while using a mobile phone.
Tools & Techniques. Can you describe the Mona Lisa in 25 words or less?
Stable Diffusion in your pocket? “Draw Things” brings AI images to iPhone
It's not fast, but it's free—and it runs locally on pocket-sized hardware.
On Wednesday, a San Francisco-based developer named Liu Liu released Draw Things: AI Generation, a free app available in the App Store that lets iPhone owners run the popular Stable Diffusion AI image generator. Type in a description, and the app generates an image within several minutes. It's a notable step toward bringing image synthesis to a wider audience—with the added privacy of running it on your own hardware.
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