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To: RitaOK

I think I better just stay down in the rabbit hole longer. Once I come up I won’t ever want to go down again. LOL

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/04/05/google-employees-plead-with-ceo-to-drop-out-pentagon-ai-project.html

Project Maven was first announced last year as an application of machine learning that would sift through data faster and get better intelligence—some of which will simply automate administrative tasks, but Google’s AI contribution could also improve the system’s ability analyze video and potentially be used to identify targets and civilians.

“Amid growing fears of biased and weaponized AI, Google is already struggling to keep the public’s trust,” the petition says, according to The New York Times. “The argument that other firms, like Microsoft and Amazon, are also participating doesn’t make this any less risky for Google. Google’s unique history, its motto Don’t Be Evil, and its direct reach into the lives of billions of users set it apart.”

The letter also urges Pichai to establish and enforce a policy to keep the company completely out of “warfare technology.”

A Google spokesperson said the company is aware of the “questions” surrounding this work and said that any military use of machine learning “raises valid concerns.”

“Maven is a well-publicized DoD project and Google is working on one part of it—specifically scoped to be for non-offensive purposes,” Google said in a statement to Endgaget.”

The spokesperson continued, “The technology is used to flag images for human review and is intended to save lives and save people from having to do highly tedious work.”


616 posted on 04/05/2018 10:39:56 AM PDT by STARLIT (Trust The Plan.)
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To: NIKK

And in White Sulphur Springs, WV, audience gathering for @POTUS roundtable on impact of the the tax cuts in place this year.

48m

Pres Trump returns salutes as he steps off Marine One at @JBA_NAFW to board Air Force One.


620 posted on 04/05/2018 10:44:37 AM PDT by STARLIT (Trust The Plan.)
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To: NIKK

Yes, dearest busy bee, stay on the job. My questions are rhetorical and require no dang distraction to your magnificent work product. :D

Call me if anyone dares bug you! Ha! (My name is “Sentry”.)


626 posted on 04/05/2018 10:50:04 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Ed/Academia = farm team for more Marxists coming, infinitum.)
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