Re: [Vo]:White house report on AI

2016-10-23 Thread a.ashfield
Che, On 10/23/2016 5:16 PM, Che wrote: Will and Ariel Durant. lol. I outgrew that 'Readers' Digest' version of History shite, decades ago. The Lessons of History is an introduction and a survey of human history as a product of the human experience, of man’s essential evolutionary nature, ta

Re: [Vo]:White house report on AI

2016-10-23 Thread Che
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 12:53 PM, a.ashfield wrote: > Che, > You have outlined the problems and while you maybe right if the political > system doesn't change, there are possible solutions. As I wrote last year: > > "History shows that when wealth inequality reaches a certain point, > unless it

[Vo]: Are LEDs hazardous to one's eyes?

2016-10-23 Thread a.ashfield
Dr. Alexander Wunsch claims that near infra-red between 570 nm and 850 nm is essential as it primes the cells in your retina for repair and regeneration Since LEDs have virtually no infrared and an excess of blue light that generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) they are harmful, particularly

[Vo]:revolutions, two new LENR patents from Greg Goble

2016-10-23 Thread Peter Gluck
http://egooutpeters.blogspot.ro/2016/10/oct-23-2016-revolutions-lenr-greg-goble.html a much better new week! Peter -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com

Re: [Vo]:White house report on AI

2016-10-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield wrote: I didn't make it clear enough in my earlier post what I meant about a small > lethal drone. > I visualize something small enough to fly through a normal doorway or > window, that is autonomous so that the control signal can't be jammed, that > has good enough pattern recognition

Re: [Vo]:White house report on AI

2016-10-23 Thread Che
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Peter Gluck wrote: > Che, > > DEspite your wish I will not become apoplectic. > You have not understood what I say, re read my Kaltwasser doctrine. > > I have told the truth about Communism and have not been apologetic about > Capitalism. > BTW in my editorial of

Re: [Vo]:White house report on AI

2016-10-23 Thread a.ashfield
Che, You have outlined the problems and while you maybe right if the political system doesn't change, there are possible solutions. As I wrote last year: "History shows that when wealth inequality reaches a certain point, unless it is redistributed there will be a revolution.There are exampl

Re: [Vo]:White house report on AI

2016-10-23 Thread Peter Gluck
Che, DEspite your wish I will not become apoplectic. You have not understood what I say, re read my Kaltwasser doctrine. I have told the truth about Communism and have not been apologetic about Capitalism. BTW in my editorial of today you are cited. My offer to your emigration in North Korea (he

Re: [Vo]:White house report on AI

2016-10-23 Thread a.ashfield
Jed, Yes the report was quite well written but with a bit of thought it could have been much shorter. I didn't make it clear enough in my earlier post what I meant about a small lethal drone. I visualize something small enough to fly through a normal doorway or window, that is autonomous so t

Re: [Vo]:White house report on AI

2016-10-23 Thread Che
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 2:47 PM, a.ashfield wrote: > It could have been written more clearly with half the number of words. > They seem to think that displaced workers can be retrained for better > jobs, something that seems increasingly unlikely with current graduates > dead last in the world in

Re: [Vo]:White house report on AI

2016-10-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield wrote: In the section on LAWS - lethal autonomous weapons - they miss the point > that an unscrupulous enemy like ISIS could develop or modify a Western > development, to kill any human. > I have heard that it is not difficult to stop a commercially made flying drone. You interrupt th

Re: [Vo]:White house report on AI

2016-10-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
Okay, I read the whole document. I think that for a government policy paper it is well written and it makes good points. It may be somewhat over-optimistic because it is written by experts. They tend to have a gung-ho, can-do attitude. That's why they work in the field. It is like asking me about

Re: [Vo]:White house report on AI

2016-10-23 Thread Frank Znidarsic
Donald Trump was here in Western PA last week. He promised to bring the jobs back. Coal mining jobs and steel making jobs were to return. People were to once again have lots of meaningful work and at a high pay. America was to be great again! The crowd of 6,000 cheered. I read lights in t

Re: [Vo]:White house report on AI

2016-10-23 Thread Ian Walker
Hi all In reply to a.ashfield's point on Drones being used as weapons. Russia has been using PKT armed (Medium machine gun about the same as an M240) Kamov KA 137 drones since the 1990s. The US analysts were shocked at the advanced capabilities Russia showed, eg not their best stuff, in the Ukrai

Re: [Vo]:White house report on AI

2016-10-23 Thread Alain Sepeda
I've just relayed a news about inventors balance accros the wold. US is the highest net importer of inventors, with a tiny export. Germany is much below but high importer and exporter of inventors. france unsurprisingly is net exporter, no importer of inventors. as i see from recent Nobel and inve