Pentagon is pushing for new, exotic weapons to deter Russia, China
(NationalSecurity.news) Even as most of the U.S. defense talk centers around combatting the Islamic State and negotiating a potential cease fire in Syria, the Pentagon is quietly pursuing a host of new, exotic weapons it would use to deter a resurgent Russia and an increasingly aggressive China. As reported by the Washington Post, Pentagon officials Read More
Harvard is trying to build an A.I. as fast as the human brain
Harvard University has been granted $28 million to try to figure out why human brains are better at processing and absorbing information than artificial intelligence (A.I.). The award, provided by the Intelligence Advanced Projects Activity (IARPA), could make A.I. systems more like the breathing tissue of biological brains than the cold steel of artificial silicon. A Read More
Robot population expected to meet and exceed human population in the next few decades, inevitably triggering a war-like conflict
Robots will outnumber humans in 24 to 39 years, claims Logan Streondj, a software programmer and science fiction writer. Whether or not humans and robots will co-exist peacefully, however, remains an open question. Streondj wanted to find out how long it would take the robot population to meet and exceed the human population while preparing Read More
