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by samstave 3217 days ago
How prescient.

Why do you think the Bigs are doing what they are doing. Its cyberpunk dystopia for everyone! YAY!

The cyber-wars have been going on for quite a while - with "conventional military theater" happening 'top-side'... Duqu, Stuxnet, etc..

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Now we are managing the mind-set of the people (russian collusion, political circus via nascient (in the long term) technical services - Twitter, FB, Et Al.)

Look at Reddit - Winning Hearts and Minds has never been more controllable.

AI is the platform on which the efficacy, expediency and expanse of the future will be manipulated.

I dont see anyone building an AI to "make the world a better place" just yet....

/summons blood-boy
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putsteadywere 3217 days ago
What surprised me most about this article is that as far as I'm aware, Russia is so far behind the forefront on machine learning research that hearing Putin speak on this subject is like hearing the president of Portugal say it.

I'd bet a rent check on China having strong AI before Russia any day.

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