mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

er actually there are a lot of laws regarding the transfer of technology from the united states to foreign entities [which I do not know if there are statues that are implicated in the google matter but considering the willful blindness of several tech companies in the past it would not particularly surprise me]. but moreover-this is basically congress writing a letter-they are free to write whatever letters they want to regardless of whether or not laws have been broken]. part of creating new laws is initiating inquiries into things... considering the sorry state of forced technology transfer in joint chinese-foreign ventures I think some congressional scrutiny is long long overdue.

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

er saying lawmakers shouldn't interfere in corporate matters is like saying lawmakers shouldn't interfere in laws

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

Very possible. I sorta think this might just be part of being a phd student in computer science.

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

reading books is one of the essential pleasures in life also so it is always good advice

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

This all great advice :) I also find taking long walks with zero technology and just thinking about things

-makes me feel much better -relaxed -helps recovers the joy of thinking deeply

I don't think I'm depressed- but I feel like my highs are very high and my lows are very low

Thanks for the advice

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

Thanks for posting this - I've been very anxious today about some stuff I havent implemented and this is making me feel better

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

people have died and will continue to die because of excessive emissions and this program of evasion conducted by audi and volvo was willful and malicious.

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

you do realize the ohio replacement class is literally in development right now.

> The ICBMs probably don't even work (no public evidence they do), they're in well known static silos, and have just a few minutes of "use or lose" time.

They fire off a few randomly selected minuteman IIIs every so often and the footage is typically public. maybe not perfect evidence but it is some evidence.

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

did you actually read or watch the whole testimony (of either testimony) or you basing this on ~5 minutes of youtube click bait footage of older senators being confused...

I watched the entire zuckerberg united states senate testimony and I found much of the questioning incisive and valuable

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

I really enjoyed reading this essay-thank you for writing it.

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

signal UX is great!

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

more like superfusing, missile defense systems, superior early warning radar...

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

handful = 14 boats on deterrence patrols. there are literally 1000 warheads on active american boomers with superfusing.....

If literally one submarine survives this amazing russian counterstrike by taking out every single other ohio class at once that still leaves a counterforce of at most 12*24 = 288 warheads. that is 144 to burn russian cities and 144 to burn chinese cities. to me that seems like a credible strike.

and this is still assuming literally NO land based or air deliverable weapons are left. ... considering the spotty accuracy of russian missiles (seriously go look up their CEP ratios - do you even know what CEP stands for? ) I find that scenario very unlikely.

China is widely believed to have only 270 warheads...

https://thebulletin.org/how-us-nuclear-force-modernization-u...

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

you are misinformed.

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

the only jargon in this is API?

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

writing this was a mistake. this is clearly a deceptive pr spin fluff that is entirely non-responsive to the specific concerns raised in the new york times article.

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

lol. obviously if I am on the receiving end I want bad targeting!

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

meh we already are kinda in that world. as for skynet...throws hands in the air

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

Well currently the unmanned drones do not automatically kill anything. Each drone has `pilot' who runs that drone and I believe only that drone. that pilot is in arizona somewhere instead of in the plane.

look I am pretty critical of american foreign policy and our current state of imperial dominance but I mean...calling it blind terrorism misses a huge amount of nuance.

most drone strikes are very targeted in that they try to kill specific groups of people in very specific locations. However, in a counter insurgency war, from 20,000 feet + the fog of war it is quite easy to drone a wedding for instance.

> I agree it's inevitable that someone ill intentioned use ML + drone to create deadly weapons, I don't understand why USA is doing it, nor what are they trying to accomplish like that.

Do you really not understand it? People in government think this technology will have substantial military benefits and they don't see any compelling reason not to develop the technology.

> Drone strick is already a main argument in terrorist propaganda, I don't see how increasing the number of attacks and decreasing human intervention is going to help that.

I don't really know if more autonomous weapons will result in more air strikes/drone strikes or less. I doubt it would have any huge effect on the number.

Moreover I don't really see increasing automation will have much bearing on propaganda. I think people in the middle east don't like drones because their family, friends, and neighbors are killed. The degree of automation in the kill chain is probably the last thing they are thinking about as they grieve.

mathinpens

vor 8 Jahrendiscuss

> The weapon gives pilots the ability to destroy moving targets on the battlefield. Its seeker detects, classifies, tracks and destroys targets, even in adverse weather conditions from standoff ranges. "We call SDB II a game changer because the weapon doesn't just hit GPS coordinates; it finds and engages targets," said Mike Jarrett, Raytheon Air Warfare Systems vice president. "SDB II can eliminate a wider range of targets with fewer aircraft, reducing the pilot's time in harm's way."

I think it is pretty hard to parse just how autonomous these are.

'https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/developmental-testi...

edit: muahaha I found a good reference

> Once launched, the SDB-II relies on a sophisticated package of internal computing and algorithms that are designed to get the most out of its tri-mode sensors, and make the process of launch and targeting as simple and flexible as possible for the pilot. The GPS/INS system or datalink messages guide the bomb toward the target during the initial search phase, while the tri-mode seeker gathers initial data. A revisit phase combines information from all of its sensor modes to classify targets. That’s especially useful because the SDB-II can be told to prioritize certain types of targets, for example by distinguishing between tracked and wheeled vehicles, or by giving laser “painted” targets priority.

so some amount of classification/targeting. again I am unclear if the bomb can re-prioritize targets without confirmation from the pilot but it seems like technically very possible.

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/raytheon-wins-usas-gbu-...

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