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Subterranean wartime blues: DARPA preps for battle underground

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While many government organizations are looking to space as the next battle frontier, DARPA is burying its money deep beneath...

directed energy microwaves swarm attacks

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‘Directed energy, microwaves can be very effective against swarm attacks’: DoD

Tim Hinchliffe2 years ago

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Swarm attacks using unmanned vehicles involve transformative technologies that concern the DoD, and according to CTO Dr. Michael Griffin, directed energy...

Technology

The AI revolution in defense technology is happening faster than we think

James Rosenfield3 years ago

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As the legendary Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw mused in his "Maxims for Revolutionists" (1948), "If history repeats itself, and...

Technology

AI and the Law of One: What is Intelligence Without Consciousness or Soul?

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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A purely philosophical discussion on the nature of AI consciousness and spirit based on the Law of One. It's time...

Technology

Slaughterbots fresh out of a Black Mirror nightmare and other threats for 2018

Sam Brake Guia3 years ago

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When we speculate about the potential threats surround AI, many of us may have flashbacks to The Terminator, trembling at...

Technology

The ongoing campaign against lethal autonomous weapons systems in warfare

Daniel Sanchez3 years ago

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Military applications of robotics and AI are on the verge of deployment on the battlefield. Dubbed lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS),...

Technology

US Army researching 3D soldier avatars, advancements in medical field

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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What was once Hollywood science fiction, 3D soldiers are now being developed by the US Army to virtually simulate high-risk...

Brains Byte Back

The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

Randon Heim is the host of “Don’t worry, We’ll talk it out,” a podcast exploring the fundamental concepts that drive how we perceive the world. “The Psychology of a Riot,” “The Black Death: Coronavirus and Race Relations,” and “Ignorance is Bliss: How Anti-Intellectualism Ruined America,” are just a few examples of subjects Heim has covered on his show, but today he joins us to discuss Cancel Culture.

If you are unfamiliar with the term Cancel Culture… well, you are in the right place, but to give you a brief description now, Cancel Culture refers to the act of withdrawing support for (canceling) public figures and companies that have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive.

In this episode, we discuss the positive and negative use case of Cancel Culture, how innocent citizens have been impacted by this, and beloved historical figure who could have been impacted by Cancel Culture due to skeletons in their closets.

In addition to the above, since it is impossible to future proof what we say or post against the moral standard of tomorrow, we explore how society’s perception of past comments, pictures, or posts will evolve in time, and what it will take for us to find a healthy relationship with Cancel Culture.