Heather M Roff
Weirdo/polyglot, all views are my own, I represent no peeps. Recovering academic. #aiethics #artificialintelligence #responsibleai #ethics
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Trump administration slams NATO ally Turkey for test-firing S-400 air defense system
The Defense Department condemned Turkey's test of the Russian-made air defense system, saying it was not consistent with Turkey's commitments with a U.S. and NATO ally.
Heather M Roff
Should read “Pentagon”
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Lisa Murkowski Will Vote to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett
The Republican senator had opposed holding a vote before the election but says she will back Supreme Court nominee.
Uniting the Techno-Democracies
Liberal democracies need a forum to hammer out joint responses to technological issues.
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Under pressure to take a stand on court packing, Biden says he’ll take cues from scholars.
Heather M Roff
Wow. I mean just wow. I’ve had to deal with men interrupting, threatening, harassing, bullying, for years. She treats him respectfully but firmly, and he leaves. Takes his toys away and then cries unfair and violates contracts. Weakness? Ahh yep.
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Saudis launch national artificial intelligence strategy — Reuters
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday launched a national artificial intelligence strategy aimed at making it a global leader in the field as it seeks to diversify its oil-based economy.
Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain...
Pentagon’s AI hub awards multiple $100M blanket purchasing agreements
Several of the companies have experience working with Defense Department partners.
U.S. Spy Agency Warns Beijing's Hackers Aiming at U.S. Defense Industry, Military
The National Security Agency warned that Chinese government hackers were taking aim at U.S. computer networks involved in national defense, characterizing the threat posed by Beijing as a critical priority in need of urgent attention
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Trump, Biden and the ‘f****** Germans’
Close US engagement with Berlin will be questioned whoever wins the presidential election.
California won't allow virus vaccines without state approval
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California won't allow any distribution of new coronavirus vaccines in the nation’s most populous state until it is reviewed by the state’s own panel of experts, Gov....
New Yorker Suspends Jeffrey Toobin for Masturbating on Zoom Call — VICE
The call was an election simulation featuring New Yorker all-stars. Toobin apologized for the "embarrassingly stupid mistake."
SECDEF Worried about USAF's Tanker Fleet
Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper on Oct. 15 said he is keeping a close eye on the modernity and readiness of the Air Force’s tanker fleet.
“When I think about strategic mobility, I think ab
Brutal Chinese Weapon Launches Swarm of Explosive Suicide Drones — Futurism
China has released a video of a test involving an array of 48 weaponized drones launching from the back of a truck, as The Drive reports.
A radical new technique lets AI learn with practically no data — MIT Technology Review
“Less than one”-shot learning can teach a model to identify more objects than the number of examples it is trained on.