Arthur Holland Michel

@BigMarkBrown @ashtonforbes This is not Gorgon Stare.

@ashtonforbes @WriteArthur is this consistent with what Gorgon Stare looks like?

This is Gorgon Stare Increment 2 used by the US Air Force. BAE systems funded by DARPA built a new generation of cameras unfamiliar to the public. The infrared cameras are built by Exelis, which merged with Harris Corporation. Sierra Nevada Corporation integrates all the systems together. It's called WAMI because of the wide view and framerates under 24fps technically aren't video. It's a 6fps window with a mouse at 24fps that closes the window at the end while the screen recording is still happening. It should be possible to confirm this is Gorgon Stare and then we'll have absolute proof the video is real. Justice for MH370.

This is probably not the smartest time to fly a bunch of unusual aircraft over a densely populated area in the middle of the night.

PSA: Do not try shooting them down.

Not so long ago, the biggest topic in defense tech was Silicon Valley’s reluctance to work with the Pentagon. The total reversal of that dynamic has been nothing short of mind blowing. forbes.com/sites/davidjea…

today in “no we swear it’s not a killer robot”: artillery shells that coordinate with each other to take out multiple targets in a single barrage. twz.com/land/army-want…

🚨 SCOOP 🚨 Apple ran a conference for cops, hosting at Cupertino. Called the Apple Global Police Summit, it welcomed cops from seven countries to talk about how they use Apple tech, from iPhones to CarPlay to Vision Pro. And yes, for surveillance apps. forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

what’s next, sam altman gets a nobel in literature?

If machine learning can win the physics Nobel, where do we draw the line? Everything is physics if you squint hard enough

Least year Geoffrey Hinton made global headlines for warning about the “existential risk” posed to humanity by AI. Now he’s getting a Nobel Prize for pioneering the technology.

Well, there it is. The first Nobel Prize for modern AI—awarded to Hinton and Hopfield in physics. reuters.com/science/hopfie…

NEW: License plate readers are enabling private investigators and police to track vehicles with political bumper stickers and homes with lawn signs w/ @mattburgess1 wired.com/story/license-…

This points to a very frightening and under-explored risk with autonomous mobility. Vehicles can be easily blocked and passengers are powerless to get themselves out of trouble.

@WoodNathanG Agreed. Though the risk of calling this stuff “fancy math” is that people would be less likely to pay attention to it!

@WriteArthur A guy from John Hopkins who works on AI and human-machine teaming, whose broad take was that we'd not be having many of the (rather bad) arguments we currently see if we just talked about "fancy math" rather than "artificial intelligence". The words we use shape the debates. /2

It has always bugged me that the debate on military AI portrays autonomy and accountability as binary conditions: is this weapon making a kill decision on its own, and can someone be held accountable if that decision turns out to be wrong? That's a bad way to frame the issue.

New from 404 Media: Google is serving AI images of mushrooms when users search for some species. Very risky, potentially fatal error for foragers who are trying to find what mushrooms are safe to eat. Could have "devastating consequences" one expert said 404media.co/google-serves-…

I’ll stop here for now. There’s a lot more detail in the paper. But also, this is very much just the seed of the idea. So I’m eager for any feedback or thoughts!

My hope is that this metaphor could lead to discussions—and ultimately to answers—that are more practical, more specific, and more grounded in realistic solutions.