People often incorrectly brand Luddites. The followers of a man named Ludd were very much in favor of proper and skilled (ethical) use of technology. But that’s not often what people mean when they invoke the Luddites. Luddite advocacy was undermined by fraudulent counter-claims (those opposed tried to frame any ethical regulation of technology at … Continue reading This Day in History: 1812 Luddites Attack to Save Society From Itself→
GPS has been known unreliable for a very long time. Ten years ago I wrote about it here, and more recently participated in tests that successfully fooled Tesla navigation systems such that it made a car drive erratically and abruptly exit a highway. Trouble in navigation probably is why the USAF is announcing new technology … Continue reading USAF StormBreaker Smart Bomb→
Look, I’m not saying I have predicted this exact combat scenario for several years as described in my presentations (and sadly it also was my Kiwicon talk proposal for this year), I’m just openly wondering at this point why Arizona’s rabidly pro-gun legislators didn’t argue driverless cars are protected by Waymo’s 2nd Amendment right to … Continue reading Arizona Rush to Adopt Driverless Cars Devolves Into Pedestrian War→
I presented the Ground Truth Keynote at the 2016 BSidesLV conference: When: Wednesday, August 3, 10:00 – 10:30 Where: Tuscany, Las Vegas Cost: Free (as always!) Event Link: ground-truth-keynote-great-disasters-of-machine-learning This presentation sifts through the carnage of history and offers an unvarnished look at some spectacular past machine learning failures to help predict what catastrophes may … Continue reading 2016 BSidesLV Ground Truth Keynote: Great Disasters of Machine Learning→