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 |  Subject: GET THIS PEEPS ~ As the US, China, and Russia build new nuclear weapons systems, how will AI be built-in?  Fri Dec 20, 2019 6:08 pm | |
| https://defconwarningsystem.com/2019/12/20/as-the-us-china-and-russia-build-new-nuclear-weapons-systems-how-will-ai-be-built-in/
As the US, China, and Russia build new nuclear weapons systems, how will AI be built-in? [size=14]by [size=18]Matt Field[/size][/size] 
Written by [size=16]Matt Field[/size]
Researchers in the United States and elsewhere are paying a lot of attention to the prospect that in the coming years new nuclear weapons—and the infrastructure built to operate them—will include greater levels of artificial intelligence and automation. Earlier this month, three prominent US defense experts published a comprehensive analysis of how automation is already involved in nuclear command and control systems and of what could go wrong if countries implement even riskier forms of it.
The working paper “A Stable Nuclear Future? The Impact of Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence” by the team of Michael Horowitz, Paul Scharre, and Alexander Velez-Green comes on the heels of other scholarly takes on the impact artificial intelligence (AI) will have on strategies around using nuclear weapons. All this research reflects the fact that militaries around the world are incorporating more artificial intelligence into non-nuclear weaponry—and that several countries are overhauling their nuclear weapons programs. “We wanted to better understand both the potentially stabilizing and destabilizing effects of automation on nuclear stability,” Scharre, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told the Bulletin.
“In particular, as we see nations modernize their nuclear arsenals, there is both a risk and an opportunity in how they use automation in their nuclear operations.”
The report notes that nuclear weapons systems already include some automated functionality: For example, warning systems automatically alert nuclear weapons operators of an attack. After the Cold War, Russian missiles were programmed to automatically retarget themselves to hit US targets if they were launched without a flight plan. For its part, the United States at one point designed its entire missile arsenal so that it could be retargeted in seconds from its peacetime default of flying into the ocean. Even these forms of automation are risky as an accidental launch could “spark a nuclear war,” the report says. But some countries, the report warns, might resort to riskier types of automation.
Read more at The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists |
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| | Subject: Gun Grabbers Rejoice as California Blocks Tens of Thousands of Lawful Ammunition Sales Fri Dec 20, 2019 6:18 pm | |
| https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/gun-grabbers-rejoice-as-california-blocks-tens-of-thousands-of-lawful-ammunition-sales/
HEY COMMUNIST U WON'T BE SAFE MUCH LONGER!Gun Grabbers Rejoice as California Blocks Tens of Thousands of Lawful Ammunition Saleshttps://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/gun-grabbers-rejoice-as-california-blocks-tens-of-thousands-of-lawful-ammunition-sales/BY TTAG CONTRIBUTOR |DEC 20, 2019 |
(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)By Ryan Frasor“Working as intended.”That’s how an attorney with the Gifford’s Law Center described Proposition 63, California’s cockamamie ammunition background check system which, in less than six months, has denied over 60,000 Californians their right to purchase ammunition.That equates to approximately 20% of all ammunition sales being rejected by the California Department of Justice. So, of course, those 60,000 denials must have been violent felons who were forbidden from owning firearms altogether, right?Wrong.More than 99% of the denials were false-positives.People whose only crime was having a change of address, a misspelled name, or simply not being in California’s registry.These law-abiding Californians were denied their God-given, and constitutionally-guaranteed right to bear arms, and the Giffords Law Center is thrilled that the law is “working as intended.” All part of the planWhile I don’t often find myself in agreement with the Giffords Law Center, in this situation we’re in total agreement. This crooked system is working exactly as the politicians who enacted it intended.The goal of the anti-gun left is, and has always been to impose as many barriers to firearms ownership and operation as possible until it becomes so inconvenient to exercise our Second Amendment rights that gun ownership in the United States simply dries up.Of course this type of constitutional infringement isn’t solely limited to California. In fact, the same sort of violations have been taking place on the national level for years.The NICS system, which processes background checks on all commercial firearms transactions also has an abysmal false positive rate of over 90%. The ConsequencesThe fact of the matter is that single mothers, military veterans, and even police officers are being wrongfully denied the ability to purchase ammunition because of the California registry.
One such example is Dan Logan, a 72 year-old Vietnam veteran and retired California Highway Patrol officer who was denied his right to purchase a box of shotgun shells from a sporting goods store in Folsom, California.Mr. Logan’s story is just one of 60,000 instances of California’s ammunition background check scam in action.However, it’s not just individual gun owners who are being harmed by California’s radical gun control laws.
The state as a whole is suffering as well.As politicians continue to invent more insidious ways to trample on the Second Amendment, sportsmen are fleeing the Golden State in droves, and they are taking their money with them.So far in 2019, hunting license purchases have fallen short in the last year by more than 10,000, decimating the state economy, costing people jobs and harming the states wildlife.As reported by the Sacramento Bee; - Quote :
- In California, around a quarter of the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s budget is paid through hunting and fishing license sales and taxes on their firearms and gear. The funds go to pay for state wildlife programs such as habitat restoration and refuges.
Turning a blind eyeEven as his state throws away millions in revenue and denies thousands of law-abiding citizens their Second Amendment rights, California Governor Gavin Newsom refuses to acknowledge the failures of his state’s draconian gun laws. In fact, he wants other states to follow California’s lead. - Quote :
- I’d like to see them model California’s background check on ammunition purchases.
For those of us who don’t live in California, it’s easy to overlook the unconstitutional regulations that pro-gun Californians are forced to deal with.However, if we are going to defeat the gun-grabbers across these United States, it is imperative that we stand in solidarity with our fellow gun owners in California, and nationwide. Ryan Frasor is a senior contributor and Firearms Policy Specialist for the National Association for Gun Rights, a 501(c)4 organization representing 4.5 Million Second Amendment members and supporters nationwide |
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