Bloke on radio said he asked a German why they were so good at manufacturing. He said 'You put your financial people on pedestals. We put our engineers on ours' ... So true.

'Putin in September 2017 said that AI leadership was a means to become “the ruler of the world.” China has vowed to achieve AI dominance by 2030. . . . Meanwhile, much of the top AI talent in the United States is working on things such as ad optimization.'

American companies should not build platforms for mass censorship of people and ideas, nor should they directly collaborate with oppressive regimes on products that result in imprisonment of dissidents.

theintercept.com/2018/08/01/goo…

Got an exclusive look at a new partnership between the Defense Digital Service Service and the Army that's giving technically skilled soldiers an opportunity to work alongside Silicon Valley talent, building life or death tech. wired.com/story/pentagon…

This post summarizes the biggest success and challenge of modern AI: it's succeeded through unprecedented scale empiricism and statistical correlation. That has massive impacts on what explaining and understanding -- and therefore governing -- these systems can mean. twitter.com/bznotes/status…

Let me be clear that I like the result & reasoning in #Carpenter . Basically, you can have a legitimate privacy interest in (some) observations about you by a third party. I just think that the logic goes much further than the majority is willing to acknowledge.

We're calling it Super SloMo. See how @NVIDIA researchers developed a #deeplearning method that uses #GPUs to turn any video into a slow motion masterpiece. #CVPR2018 nvda.ws/2Mr2ZPt

Well captured analysis of national strategy with respect to AI ianhogarth.com/blog/2018/6/13…

Specialized AI chips have a lot of promise, but still waiting to actually see them deployed. Have any really shipped? nextplatform.com/2018/06/13/mip…

Exciting to see progress on UAS flights in the US. Solving the regulatory problems would open up huge new industries in the US, and would really be a shot in the arm for US drone industry. fastcompany.com/40584304/in-a-…

AI+ethics is important, but has been partly hijacked by the AGI (artificial general intelligence) hype. Let's cut out the AGI nonsense and spend more time on the urgent problems: Job loss/stagnant wages, undermining democracy, discrimination/bias, wealth inequality.

Looking forward to how this experiment plays out. Instant runoff voting has a lot of potential to reduce the nastiness in politics — when you want to be the second choice, attacking their first choice isn’t a great idea. Obviously requires more than 2 parties to be effective. twitter.com/politico/statu…

The founders of Anduril Industries differ in their political views but share a love of country and a belief in the duty of American companies to step up and solve crucial national security problems. Very proud to back this team. wired.com/story/palmer-l…

Our team is growing rapidly, ping us if you are a good fit! anduril.com/careers/#

At Anduril Industries tech innovation comes first. WIRED tells the story of what we've built with a group of dedicated, brilliant engineers. Worth the read. wired.com/story/palmer-l…

Smart security at the border only one of many problems Anduril Industries is working to solve. Check out our remote fire-fighting system in WIRED. Proud to bring top tech minds together on tough issues. wired.trib.al/3r1jvB9