If future is about — AI hacking, stagnate wages & arms races — we are all in big trouble. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New genre of artificial intelligence programs take computer hacking to another level — “The nightmare scenario for computer security — artificial intelligence programs that can learn how to evade even the best defenses — may already have arrived. ..[with] AI-driven programs can be trained to stay dormant until they reach a very specific target, making them exceptionally hard to stop_…._ . Free artificial intelligence building blocks for training programs are readily available…[with] level of precision…available to those with far fewer resources than a national government… ’” ‘[T]his is the next big thing….Whoever you personally consider evil is already working on this. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-conference-ai/new-genre-of-artificial-intelligence-programs-take-computer-hacking-to-another-level-idUSKBN1KT120 _Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) come in many forms — nukes, bioweapons, nanotechnology, cyber-weapons. So far each…_medium.com Artificial Intelligence (AI) Community Is Playing A Risky Game With Us Real U.S. Wages Are Essentially Back at 1974 Levels, Pew Reports — “[While] unemployment rate has been…record lows in recent years…[the] average wage…[after] ‘inflation’ has roughly the same purchasing power as it did 40 years ago_…._ …. [In] the past five years…wage growth has been between 2% and 3% annually. In the 1970s and early 1980s…when inflation was high, ‘average wages commonly jumped 7%, 8% or even 9% year over year’ [ In] real terms average hourly earnings peaked more than 45 years ago: The $4.03-an-hour rate…in January 1973 had the same purchasing power that $23.68 would today’ …. .” [So] despite a few job categories…compelled by a tight labor market to nudge wages up a bit, this period of low unemployment has yet to improve the situation of average worker from where it was when President Ford was in White House https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/08/14/real-us-wages-are-essentially-back-at-1974-levels.aspx The Chinese threat that an aircraft carrier can’t stop — “[Pentagon’s] 30-year planning cycle…[will] be launching aircraft carriers in 2048 — even though they’re highly vulnerable to attack [now]…in the dawning era of high-tech combat, and…China is poised to dominate it…[with] artificial intelligence, cyberweapons and robots that can operate on land, sea and air_…._ …. [U.S.] still largely wedded to…weapons of the past — superbly engineered (but super-expensive) aircraft carriers, bombers, fighter jets and submarines… familiar to Dwight D. Eisenhower Pentagon needs a large number of inexpensive, unmanned, expendable, autonomous systems that can survive in the new electronic battlespace and overwhelm any potential adversary_…_ .. …[and] becoming increasingly dire’ …. ‘[We’re] playing a losing game…[as] competitors are now using advanced technologies to erode our military edge ….[I]n fiscal 2015, only 18 percent of the Pentagon’s research and development budget went to basic, applied and advanced research The biggest technological challenge…[is as] AI systems dominate warfare…[that] will ‘introduce important new risks of loss of control.’ Humans must be ‘maximally thoughtful and creative’ during design (and plan for failure), because these AI-driven weapons will have accidents and unintended consequences. . .” Wise policymakers must avoid a ‘ Dr. Strangelove ‘ world of unsafe killer robots and doomsday machines America’s vulnerability to information warfare…[is because] information operations are how you take countries down….[So reached] a Sputnik moment for…our military https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-chinese-threat-that-an-aircraft-carrier-cant-stop/2018/08/07/0d3426d4-9a58-11e8-b60b-1c897f17e185_story.html?utm_term=.f0ee03bc2fb8 _“You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind.”_medium.com Our Twilight Zone & What Comes Next * Saudi Puts Money on Tech as It Prepares for Life After Oil — “Saudi Arabia has accumulated a stake in… for about $2 billion… and aims to be part of…pool that emerges to take the company private. That’s on top of a $3.5 billion investment in [Uber]…a $45 billion commitment to SoftBank…[and] $1 billion in Virgin Group’s space companies_….[Also]_ Tesla Inc. Neom , a planned $500 billion [city]…[with] more robots than people…artificial intelligence, with the internet of things …. …. [Now] 60 percent of oil is used in transportation, which is also where the biggest technological changes are emerging ….[The] $2 billion investment in Tesla is equivalent to less than three days of what it earns selling oil ’” [Diversifying] away from oil is central to the government’s Vision 2030 program and investments by its sovereign-wealth fund…ultimately controlling more than $2 trillion…toward a ‘diversified, knowledge-based economy’ by investing in ‘those sectors and technologies that are driving progress on a global scale. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-13/saudi-puts-its-money-on-tech-as-it-prepares-for-life-after-oil Find more of my ideas on Medium at, . A Passion to Evolve Or click the Follow button below to add me to your feed. Prefer a weekly email newsletter — free, no ads, no spam, & never sell the list — email me with “add me” in the subject line. dochuston1@gmail.com May you live long and prosper!Doc Huston
