Posted on September 1, 2008 by Mark Baard
The Sci-Fi Channel blog says that autonomous choppers developed at Standford University are teaching each other to fly better than a human pilot.
The announcement embraces two common subtexts in media coverage of robotic technologies: that robots will soon be our betters, and that they can be trustworthy as they carry out their benign missions overhead.
Stanford [...]
Filed under: AI, Hardware, Propaganda, Robotics, Science fiction, War, military, technology | Tagged: AI, california, robots, sci-fi, stanford, UAVs | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 30, 2008 by Mark Baard
Hurricane 4 Gustav is shaping up like another Katrina, and so is Tropical Storm Hanna, to the East.
AccuWeather.com - Weather News Headlines - Weather News
Gustav’s extremely dangerous impacts will stem from storm tides reaching at least 9-12 feet above normal and winds potentially of Category 3 status, or at least 111 mph, near the site [...]
Filed under: Climate change, Conspiracies, Depopulation, Eugenics, Homeland Security, Propaganda, Psyops | Tagged: extreme weather, hurricanes, Weather warfare | No Comments »
Posted on August 28, 2008 by Mark Baard
Space blogger to moon landing skeptics: Trust “scientists, engineers (and) the government.”
Universe Today hopes this NASA image from the Apollo 11 mission (above) is so undeniably realistic-looking, few people will again dare to insist the U.S.’s moon landings were hoaxed. (Link, excerpt, below.)
Many conspiracists would be happy to see the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter prove them [...]
Filed under: Conspiracies, Hoaxes, NASA, Propaganda, Psyops, Space, Space Weather, Space economy, Space tourism | Tagged: Space, NASA, Moon, Government, blogs, hoax, usa | No Comments »
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