Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Killer Drones Operate in Autonomous Mode for First Time
May 30th, 2021Via: New York Post: After a United Nations commission to block killer robots was shut down in 2018, a new report from the international body now says the Terminator-like drones are now here. Last year “an autonomous weaponized drone hunted down a human target last year” and attacked them without being specifically ordered to, according […]
Insider Leaks Details of Facebook’s Pro-Vaccine PSYOP
May 25th, 2021Via: Project Veritas:
Food Delivery Robots Dodge Homeless in Los Angeles
May 23rd, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: A new video that surfaced on TikTok showed what appeared to be a Postmates Serve delivery robot cruising down the sidewalk of Los Angeles, dodging a homeless man laying on the pathway, and continued on its route to deliver food to a customer.
AI Mid 2021. Self Driving Car Meets Reality
May 17th, 2021Via: Piekniewski’s blog: Since it is 2021 after all, the most immediate AI flop is related to Tesla robotaxis or rather lack thereof. Elon Musk promised that Tesla would achieve L5 autonomy by the end of 2020 back in April 2019 when he needed to raise money [and reiterated in April 2020]. … It should […]
Space Force Scientist: U.S. Military Must Experiment with Human Augmentation and AI to Stay Ahead of Russia and China
April 30th, 2021Via: Daily Mail: Combining humans with machines to create superhuman intelligence may soon no longer be the plot of science-fiction films, as the US Space Force’s chief scientist say it will happen in ‘the coming decade.’ Dr. Joel Mozer, speaking at an event at the Airforce Research Laboratory Wednesday, announced we are entering the age […]
U.S. Army: “Teams of Air-and Ground-Based Autonomous Agents Operating Mission-to-Mission with No Soldier Intervention”
April 27th, 2021Search and rescue. *wink* Via: U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory: The future battlefield will rely on teams of air-and ground-based autonomous agents operating mission-to-mission with no Soldier intervention. Army researchers have developed a unique approach that allows a rotary wing unmanned air vehicle to land on a moving unmanned ground vehicle without the aid […]
Boston Dynamics Stretch
March 29th, 2021Via: Boston Dynamics:
Damning Video Details Tesla’s ‘Full Self Driving’ Claims Versus Reality
March 26th, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: On Thursday, a video dropped on YouTube that laid out Elon Musk’s statements about Full Self Driving over the last 5 years, compared to what the company has actually been able to achieve and deliver. The 12 minute video laid out a blatantly obvious case for Full Self Driving to be, as one […]
COVID Nonsense: £5,000 Fines for Anyone Leaving the UK Without ‘Reasonable Excuse’
March 23rd, 2021Via: Daily Mail: Travellers face a £5,000 fine for going abroad on holiday when a ban on leaving the UK without ‘reasonable excuse’ comes into force on Monday. The threat of fines has been extended until the end of June, making foreign summer holidays look increasingly unlikely as a third wave of coronavirus sweeps across […]
U.S. Army Prepping Robotic Combat Vehicles for Big Test with Soldiers in 2022
March 17th, 2021Via: Defense News: The U.S. Army has taken receipt of its light and medium Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) prototypes from industry teams and is putting them through the paces this year ahead of a major company-level soldier assessment in 2022. More: Textron Systems Readies All-Electric Ripsaw M5 UGV
