In a rather superficial analysis featured on War on the Rocks, the discourse on artificial intelligence (AI) reveals a surprising lack of depth. In essence, the crux of the argument suggests that by lowering expectations, particularly in terms of reliability, the concept of “innovation” is reduced to nothing more than pushing a colossal and conveniently … Continue reading How to Speed Up Military Drone Innovation in America
Integrity is the often understated and sometimes ignored third leg of the information security triad: confidentiality, integrity and availability. Confidentiality gets lots of press attention as privacy breach stories make headlines. Availability needs no headlines to get attention since everyone immediately knows when their information isn’t accessible. Poor integrity, however, is like debating scientific consensus. … Continue reading UK Admits Faulty Gov Computer System Ruined 100s of Lives
In 2019 I was invited to speak to a San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) about robot dangers. Here’s a slide I presented documenting a long yet sparse history of human deaths. Note, this is known civilian deaths. The rate of death from sloppy extrajudicial Palantir has … Continue reading Robots Been Killing People for Years: USAF Brings It Up And People Get Scared
Everyone probably knows what happens if you don’t quarantine tuberculosis, which is why a long time ago (way back in 1802 or even 1777, when you look at real American history) laws were written to detain it. …over the past year, the health department has repeatedly sought and been granted court orders compelling the woman … Continue reading Gov Threatens Jail for Dangerously Diseased Americans Refusing Treatment