Een paar maanden nadat bekend werd dat
het Pentagon kunstmatige intelligentie (AI) gebruikt om terroristen
op te sporen (en ze dan in 'eigen land' te laten lopen zoals telkens weer
blijkt.....), werd bekend gemaakt dat Google het ministerie van
defensie in de VS helpt met het analyseren van drone beelden.... Dit
zeer tegen de zin van veel Google werknemers......
Een woordvoerder van Google stelde dat
Google niet meehelpt aan het vermoorden van mensen, maar puur
technisch kijkt naar de verzamelde beelden en wat daarmee te doen
(anders dan mensen aan flenters te schieten)..... ha! ha! ha! ha! Wat
een bedrieger, het Pentagon is bezig drones te laten ontwikkelen die
zelflerend zijn (middels AI) en uiteindelijk zelf zullen beslissen of iemand wel
dan niet 'wordt uitgeschakeld', beter gezegd: vermoord (zo heb je dan niet te maken met
'drone-piloten' die last krijgen van hun geweten....)
Met deze samenwerking is Google aan te
klagen voor moord, immers het zijn nog altijd verdachten die worden
doodgeschoten, ofwel: standrechtelijke executies, nogmaals anders gezegd:
moord!! Erger nog: meer dan 90% van de slachtoffers van drone aanvallen zijn niet verdachte personen, veelal vrouwen en kinderen......
De volgende stap is al gezet,
politiekorpsen in de VS en China zijn al voorzien van
gezichtsherkenning brillen, waarmee gezochte personen snel kunnen
worden opgespoord..... Nu nog drones boven mensenmassa's, steden en
dorpen en 'we zijn allemaal veilig....' Niet dus, één verkeerde
regering, zoals hier bijvoorbeeld wellicht onder Wilders of een militaire coup van ons beroepsleger (beide wat 'god' verhoede)
en mensen die echt nadenken hebben het nakijken.......
Google op het militaire pad,
ongelofelijk!! (vergeet voorts niet dat Google al lang schijt heeft aan de privacy van haar gebruikers....)
Hey Google! Who Should the US Government Kill Today?
March
7, 2018 at 11:54 am
Written
by Jake
Anderson
(ANTIMEDIA) —
Only months after it was disclosed that the Pentagon was using
artificial intelligence (AI) to hunt
for terrorists,
officials have now acknowledged that Google has been collaborating
with the Department of Defense to use AI in analyzing drone footage.
The disclosure comes
amid an uproar among Google employees who aren’t happy to be
assisting in the development of military applications.
While
Google has had controversial contracts with the government before —
most notably with the NSA —
this is its “pilot” project with Project Maven, which is itself
the Pentagon’s own flagship weaponized AI program. The purpose of
Project Maven is to implement Big Data and machine learning into the
U.S. military, which officials say is currently in a new AI arms race
with China
and Russia.
According
to information from an internal mailing list, Google will now join
this arms race and assist the DoD with storing and analyzing the
massive troves of data from aerial drones.
When
multiple anonymous Google employees expressed outrage over the
disclosure, as Gizmodo first
reported, a company spokesman issued the following statement:
“We
have long worked with government agencies to provide technology
solutions. This specific project is a pilot with the Department of
Defense, to provide open source TensorFlow APIs that can assist in
object recognition on unclassified data,” the spokesperson said. “The
technology flags images for human review, and is for non-offensive
uses only. Military use of machine learning naturally raises valid
concerns. We’re actively discussing this important topic internally
and with others as we continue to develop policies and safeguards
around the development and use of our machine learning technologies.”
Google’s
military contract with the DoD has thus far shielded its
collaboration with Project Maven by housing it in ECS
Federal,
a North Virginia technology staffing company. Their specific tasks
have included gathering data from a fleet of 1,100 drones to help the
Pentagon better identify terrorists. Google’s deep learning
algorithms can help in object identification, differentiating people
from vehicles in order to maximize the effects of military strikes
against ISIS.
Flirtations
between Silicon
Valley and the government have
gone on for a while in the age of privatized surveillance during the
War on Terror. However, this may be the first time a tech giant like
Google, which also wields inordinate control over online information,
has been openly integrated into military operations.
As
the Intercept noted,
former Executive Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, also chaired the
Defense Innovation Board (DIB) and encouraged a collaboration of
military agencies and Silicon Valley, calling for “an
exchange program and collaboration with industry and academic experts
in the field.”
Air
Force Lt. Gen. John N.T. “Jack” Shanahan, director for defense
intelligence for warfighter support and the Pentagon general running
Project Maven’s AI “prototype warfare,” suggested the
same at the GEOINT2017 conference. He joked that someone from Google
should whisper some trade secrets in his ear.
It
appears the two are getting their wish as the United States
government officially conscripts Google into their war against the
Islamic State.
