Is incremental change over time is enough?
https://theconversation.com/war-in-ukraine-accelerates-global-drive-toward-killer-robots-198725
War in Ukraine accelerates global drive toward killer robots
The U.S. military is intensifying its commitment to the development and use of autonomous weapons, as confirmed by an update to a Department of Defense directive. The update, released Jan. 25, 2023, is the first in a decade to focus on artificial intelligence autonomous weapons. It follows a related implementation plan released by NATO on Oct. 13, 2022, that is aimed at preserving the alliance’s “technological edge” in what are sometimes called “killer robots.”
Both announcements reflect a crucial lesson militaries around the world have learned from recent combat operations in Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh: Weaponized artificial intelligence is the future of warfare.
“We know that commanders are seeing a military value in loitering munitions in Ukraine,” Richard Moyes, director of Article 36, a humanitarian organization focused on reducing harm from weapons, told me in an interview. These weapons, which are a cross between a bomb and a drone, can hover for extended periods while waiting for a target. For now, such semi-autonomous missiles are generally being operated with significant human control over key decisions, he said.
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Trae Stephens on the Ethics of AI Warfare Kara Swisher talks to the Anduril co-founder about autonomous weapons and tech as deterrence.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning may suddenly seem to be everywhere, but that’s not true in the defense sector, despite the growing ubiquitousness of drone warfare and the apparently unlimited amount of money the U.S. gives to defense contractors. One company trying to outflank the big defense firms with higher tech is Anduril, which has been selling surveillance, reconnaissance, and counter-drone technologies to the U.S., including a “smart wall” system for the southern border. Last fall, it introduced its first weapon, a drone-based “loitering munition.”
In the latest episode of On With Kara Swisher, Kara grills Anduril co-founder Trae Stephens about the company’s approach to defense and its implications. They also discuss spy balloons, the war in Ukraine, AI bias, and the challenge of cutting China out of the supply chain. As seen in the excerpt below, they also get into Saint Augustine and the ethics of autonomous weapons as well as why Stephens believes big defense contractors are still struggling to innovate.
Would this be worse than asking Google?
https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-ceo-ai-medical-advice
OPENAI CEO SAYS AI WILL GIVE MEDICAL ADVICE TO PEOPLE TOO POOR TO AFFORD DOCTORS
AN "AI MEDICAL ADVISOR"? WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
This could be interesting…
Reddit should have to identify users who discussed piracy, film studios tell court
Film studios that filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against a cable Internet provider are trying to force Reddit to identify users who posted comments about piracy.
The lawsuit was filed in 2021 against cable company RCN in the US District Court in New Jersey by Bodyguard Productions, Millennium Media, and other film companies over downloads of 34 movies such as Hellboy, Rambo V: Last Blood, Tesla, and he Hitman's Bodyguard. In an attempt to prove that RCN turned a blind eye to users downloading copyrighted movies, the plaintiffs sent a subpoena to Reddit last month seeking identifying information for nine users.
Plaintiffs specifically asked Reddit for "IP address registration and logs from 1/1/2016 to present, name, email address and other account registration information" for nine users. Reddit's response provided at least some information about one user but no information on any of the other eight. According to the film studios, Reddit argued that "the requests for identifying information associated with the additional eight accounts are more in the nature of a fishing expedition and are neither relevant nor permissible under the First Amendment."
Now, the studios want a federal court to force Reddit's hand. The film companies last week filed a motion to compel Reddit to respond to the subpoena in US District Court for the Northern District of California. The latest filing and the ongoing dispute over the subpoena were detailed in a TorrentFreak article published Saturday.
Often interesting…
Thoughts on Dubin v. United States and the Aggravated Identity Theft Statute
Law professor Orin Kerr writes:
On February 27, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Dubin v. United States, a case on the Aggravated Identity Theft Statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1028A. This statute comes up often in the context of computer crimes, and its interpretation raises some interesting and important questions. So I thought I would blog about the case and offer some impressions.
I’ll start with the statutory problem that prompts the Dubin case; then turn to the case itself; and conclude with my own views.
Read more at Reason.
As a scifi fan, I would welcome well written stories no matter the source. I can see the problem of so many submissions that might need extra review.
Sci-fi publisher Clarkesworld halts pitches amid deluge of AI-generated stories
Founding editor says 500 pitches rejected this month and their ‘authors’ banned, as influencers promote ‘get rich quick’ schemes
One of the most prestigious publishers of science fiction short stories has closed itself to submissions after a deluge of AI-generated pitches overwhelmed its editorial team.
Clarkesworld, which has published writers including Jeff VanderMeer, Yoon Ha Lee and Catherynne Valente, is one of the few paying publishers to accept open submissions for short stories from new writers.
But that promise brought it to the attention of influencers promoting “get rich quick” schemes using AI, according to founding editor Neil Clarke.
In a typical month, the magazine would normally receive 10 or so such submissions that were deemed to have plagiarised other authors, he wrote in a blogpost. But since the release of ChatGPT last year pushed AI language models into the mainstream, the rate of rejections has rocketed.
In January, Clarke said, the publisher rejected 100 submissions, banning their “authors” from submitting again. In February to date, he has banned more than 500.
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The Amazon Kindle store could soon be overrun with ChatGPT-authored books
The Amazon Kindle has been a real boon for self-publishing authors, but its virtual book store risks being overrun by a particularly prolific new scribe: ChatGPT.
As spotted by Reuters, there are already 200 e-books on Amazon's Kindle store that list ChatGPT as the author or co-author. But because Amazon doesn't require that authors disclose whether or not they've used AI, that's likely a huge underestimation of the number of titles that AI tools have either written or co-created.
The ChatGPT-created books are published through Amazon’s Kindle Direct publishing arm, which releases over 1.4 million self-published books
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every year and sells them alongside ones written by big-name authors.
Resource?
https://www.bespacific.com/salesforce-offers-5-guidelines-to-reduce-ai-bias/
Salesforce offers 5 guidelines to reduce AI bias
Tech Republic: “Salesforce, which last year introduced its Einstein AI framework behind its Customer 360 platform, has published what it says is the industry’s first Guidelines for Trusted Generative AI. Written by Paula Goldman, chief ethical and humane use officer, and Kathy Baxter, principal architect of ethical AI at the company, the guidelines are meant to help organizations prioritize AI-driven innovation around ethics and accuracy — including where bias leaks can spring up and how to find and cauterize them. Baxter, who also serves as a visiting AI fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, said there are several entry points for bias in machine learning models used for job screening, market research, healthcare decisions, criminal justice applications and more. However, she noted, there is no easy way to measure what constitutes a model that is “safe” or has exceeded a certain level of bias or toxicity.”
Call it background because techies don’t care about history.
https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/23/b/ransomware-evolution-part-1.html
A Deep Dive into the Evolution of Ransomware Part 1
This 3-part blog series takes an in-depth look at the evolution of ransomware business models, from the early stages to current trends.
Not sure I understand…
Quick Debrief on the Gonzalez v. Google Oral Arguments
Interesting return to ad sponsored TV?
https://restofworld.org/2023/amazon-minitv-india-free-streaming/
Amazon’s plan to lure shoppers with free streaming is working in India
If the e-commerce giant cracks the ad-free, shop-as-you-watch code in the country, nothing stops it from rolling miniTV out internationally.
Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos famously said that every time an Amazon Studios production wins a Golden Globe, it helps the company’s e-commerce arm sell more shoes. He was describing Amazon’s “flywheel” strategy, where users who are Prime subscribers shop more, browse more, and watch more of the platform’s award-winning content in order to make the most of their membership.
In India, Amazon is experimenting with a new but similar content-to-commerce strategy through miniTV, an ad-supported streaming service inside its shopping app. The hope is that it will lure young audiences with free content, eventually turning them into online shoppers, former and current company executives told Rest of World.
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