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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 7, 2018 11:17:37 GMT
Good morning all,
Military.com
5 Scary Things About Artificial Intelligence That Worry Military Brass
7 Sep 2018 By Gina Harkins
Robots with minds of their own, bad guys manipulating data, and getting sorely outpaced by the Chinese. Those are just a few concerns shared by leaders tasked with weaving machine learning into military operations.
Exactly how artificial intelligence will play out on the battlefield remains to be seen. Defense leaders and researchers are on the hunt for ways to free up troops' time so they can address more pressing issues. "How can we lighten the load for soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines?" Maj. Gen. William Cooley, head of the Air Force Research Laboratory, asked during a Wednesday conference hosted by Defense News. "How can AI make us more efficient, effective and capable?"
Think more computers sifting through complex data instead of an officer having to assess it, or technology that can recognize preventative maintenance needs on troops' equipment.
There are plenty of challenges that come along with using artificial intelligence, though. Here are just a few worries they shared about machines doing the thinking for troops.
1. Killer robots.
We might be a ways off from a "Terminator"-style nightmare in which a self-thinking computer wages war on the planet. But as the military experiments with more autonomous vehicles and robots, experts are thinking about ways to keep them in check.
Balancing the desire to make life easier for the warfighter while protecting humans from machines is an "incredibly difficult" topic, said Rear Adm. David Hahn, chief of naval research and director of Innovation, Technology Requirements and Test and Evaluation. What's important to remember, he added, is that accepting some risk and knowingly taking a gamble are two very different things.
2. More machines, fewer humans making decisions.
Warfare will always involve human beings, said Alexander Kott, chief scientist with the Army Research Laboratory. One of his lab's key efforts is thinking about how humans and artificial intelligence can best fight as a team.
Researchers first need to think about what's best done by a machine versus a human, Cooley added.
"How can we apply these tools to a more unpredictable environment to safeguard humans so they're in control, but they have help?" he said.
3. Bad or tainted data.
A lot of machine-based-learning software used in the civilian world is open source, which means lots of different people can affect the artificial intelligence. In the military where national security risks are at stake, that approach isn't likely to work.
Kott called data the "greatest challenge in terms of applying artificial intelligence in the military."
"There's not enough of it, it's distorted, it's dynamic, it's rapidly changing," he said. "Data can and will be used against you."
That not only means they need to be clever about how they teach artificial intelligence to work using limited data, but also how to protect that data being manipulated by an adversary.
4. Limited platforms.
Another limitation the military faces is having to integrate artificial intelligence capabilities into some of its complex existing platforms. It's not always feasible for the U.S. military to design entirely new systems built just for AI capabilities -- especially something with complicated security needs.
"The legacy systems we start with are significantly different than those our adversaries start with," Hahn said.
5. The next space race.
There's a global power competition happening in artificial intelligence. China has openly declared AI to be the next space race, Hahn said. And the country plans on winning that race.
That means the military must look to industry and academic experts who can help the services build capabilities rapidly, Cooley said. Countries like China don't deal with the rigid contract structures and other rules that can slow the developmental process significantly.
"We must be innovative and change the dynamic of how we're going to get at this or we're not going to get the capability for the U.S. military," he said.
www.military.com/daily-news/2018/09/07/5-scary-things-about-artificial-intelligence-worry-military-brass.html
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 7, 2018 11:24:30 GMT
Scottish Sun
Fishermen saw ‘robot-like creatures with slit mouths and crab pincers in most bizarre alien abduction ever’, secret hypnosis files reveal
The never-seen-before notes describe how the two men were fishing when a UFO hovered above them and three strange beings emerged
By Emma Parry, Digital US Correspondent
7th September 2018, 8:52 am Updated: 7th September 2018, 9:35 am
THE two men involved in one of the most bizarre ‘alien’ encounters on record recalled seeing “creatures with slit-like mouths and crab pincers” while under hypnosis, top secret files obtained by Sun Online reveal.
Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker claim they were captured by three alien creatures and taken into a UFO while they were fishing in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on October 11, 1973.
The secret notes have so far been hidden from the public
Now never-seen-before handwritten notes of a secret interview conducted on them under hypnosis reveal how they both described strange creatures looking like robots with unusual eyes, grey skin and crab pincers for arms.
The interview was conducted in 1973 by case investigators Professor J Allen Hynek and Dr James Harder – and the terrified men’s account was enough to convince the pair that they were telling the truth.
Dr Harder’s files include notes from the interview and other information he gathered – and offer a unique insight into the infamous sighting almost 45 years ago.
On one handwritten page Dr Harder writes: “I asked what the ‘creatures’ looked like and got a description which included 1. No neck, no helmet 2. crab-like hands, two digits … 3. slit-like ‘mouth’.”
more after the jump:
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/3174653/fishermen-saw-robot-like-creatures-with-slit-mouths-and-crab-pincers-in-most-bizarre-alien-abduction-ever-secret-hypnosis-files-reveal/
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Post by swamprat on Sept 7, 2018 14:56:28 GMT
I put a new sign on my driveway gate.....
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 8, 2018 10:47:57 GMT
Good mornin'
San Diego Union-Tribune
UFO contactee George Van Tassel subject of new documentary
Pam Kragen 7 September 2018
Seven years ago, North County filmmaker Jonathan Berman moved to Joshua Tree for five months to start a documentary about ’50s-era space alien-channeler George Van Tassel.
Dozens of interviews, thousands of hours of research and editing and hundreds of test screenings later, Berman and his recently completed documentary, “Calling All Earthlings,” are returning to Joshua Tree this weekend for a sold-out screening.
Although Van Tassel’s name may not be familiar to most Americans, it’s legendary among sci-fi/space age aficionados and beloved by residents of California’s Mojave Desert, where Van Tassel once lived, hosted UFO conventions and built his mysterious Integratron.
The never-finished domed structure, which Van Tassel constructed from plans he claimed were delivered by a spaceman from Venus, was designed to rejuvenate human cells and dramatically extend life.
Berman’s 76-minute film not only examines the life of Van Tassel and his Integratron, it also explores the culture of Mojave’s often-quirky desert dwellers, who’ve been mystically drawn to the remote region for centuries.
“George Van Tassel was the grandfather of the Age of Aquarius. You could say he was the first hippie,” said Berman, in an interview Wednesday in his office at Cal State San Marcos. He’s taught film arts there since 2004, including classes this fall in documentary filmmaking and media distribution.
“Calling All Earthlings” is Berman’s fourth film and the second to chronicle California’s counter-culture history. His 2006 documentary “Commune,” about the collectivist Black Bear Ranch in Siskiyou County, was recently optioned for a TV series. His next project will be a TV series on California life in the mid-20th century.
Berman, 56, grew up on Long Island watching Marx Brothers, Mel Brooks and John Cassavetes films and got his start in New York doing production jobs and editing on documentaries and a horror film. He found he preferred making documentaries because they offer the filmmaker more freedom to blur the line between fact and fiction.
“Fiction is all over Southern California in Hollywood gossip, which has been going strong for 100-plus years, in UFO stories like George Van Tassel and now even in politics. Once again we lead the nation,” he said.
Berman, who splits his time between homes in San Marcos and L.A.’s Echo Park neighborhood, said he came across Van Tassel’s story in 2010. While watching a slide show about alternative spirituality at a salon-style gathering in L.A., he saw a picture of the Integratron flash on the screen.
“Here was this Gothic dome that looked like a planetarium with a sign in front that said ‘for basic experimentation in life extension’ and that’s what sent me down this rabbit hole,” Berman said.
He took a sabbatical from teaching, recruited young cinematographers Tony Molina and Greg Wilson and they moved into a friend’s rundown vacation home in Joshua Tree.
Working without a script, Berman interviewed nearly three dozen area residents on their memories of Van Tassel, the sonic powers of the Integratron and their own sightings of UFOs in the desert.
He also interviewed an astronomer, a historian, ’60s pop star Eric Burdon, Van Tassel’s son-in-law, a member of the Morongo Indian tribe and a channeler who summoned Van Tassel’s spirit to answer a few of Berman’s questions on film.
“It took shape as I went along,” he said, of the serendipitous style of the movie. “One interview led to another. My films have an element of the Buddhistic where things are happening in real time and we’re just passing through.”
Van Tassel was born in Ohio in 1910 and moved at age 20 to the L.A. area, where he worked for nearly 20 years as an airplane mechanic and inspector for Lockheed, Douglas Aircraft and Hughes Aircraft.
In 1947, he left L.A. and moved his wife and children to Giant Rock, the world’s largest free-standing boulder, about 25 miles northwest of Joshua Tree. There he built an airstrip, opened a cafe and, he later wrote, began receiving telepathic messages from Outer Space.
In April 1953, he hosted the first of his annual Interplanetary Spacecraft Conventions, which would eventually grow in size from a few hundred to nearly 10,000 people.
Then one night in August 1953, he claimed to have been awakened by a visiting Venusian named Solgonda, who took him for a spaceship ride and delivered blueprints via telepathy for the Integratron.
Berman’s film doesn’t answer why Van Tassel was spiritually drawn to Giant Rock or whether his alien encounters were real.
“I think there are a multiplicity of answers, like in ‘Rashomon,’” Berman said of the samurai film which features contradicting storylines. “Did he meet people from another world? I don’t know. I hope this film asks more questions than it answers.”
In 1957, Van Tassel broke ground on the Integratron in Landers, a tiny town four miles south of Giant Rock. The all-wood structure with a copper coil at its center was designed to harness electromagnetic energy to create a bathlike field of negative ions, so that when a person walked through the building they would emerge from the other side 20 to 30 years younger.
Using money from his UFO conventions and a space-themed newsletter, Van Tassel worked for more than 20 years on the Integratron until his heart attack death in 1978, just weeks before it was scheduled for its first test run. Today, the building is owned by three sisters who use the acoustically perfect structure as a music, energy and sonic healing center.
more after the jump:
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-no-earthlings-film-20180905-story.html
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 8, 2018 10:56:09 GMT
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 9, 2018 11:42:47 GMT
Good morning lovely searchers,
AlienCon 2018: Baltimore
Fri. Nov 9, 2018 at 9:00am - Sun. Nov 11, 2018 at 5:00pm EST
$61.00 - $686.00 All Ages
Unlocking the unexplained mysteries that exist between science fact and science fiction
AlienCon Baltimore will feature an amazing line-up including distinguished experts, the stars of Ancient Aliens®, and fan favorites from TV and film, brought together to explore the mysteries of ancient civilizations, extraterrestrial existence, and the unexplained phenomena of our universe.
From November 9-11, 2018, AlienCon will feature thought-provoking panel discussions, celebrity appearances, exclusive merchandise, fan competitions, and much more.
Take part in celebrity autograph and photo sessions with the biggest names in science fact exploration and fan favorites from film and television.
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Questions? Check out our FAQs at www.thealiencon.com/baltimore-faq
www.showclix.com/event/aliencon-2018-baltimore
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 9, 2018 11:50:38 GMT
SECTION 51 2.0 Published on Sep 8, 2018
September 2018 - Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. Amazing video taken from helicopter shows strange UFO in the sky of Rio de Janeiro.
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Post by swamprat on Sept 9, 2018 16:10:16 GMT
Facebook post of the day.....
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 10, 2018 0:23:11 GMT
Facebook post of the day..... Love the cat's response. Crystal
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 10, 2018 11:14:48 GMT
Monday mornin' you sure look fine.................
CBC News (Canada)
Who, or what, vandalized the Shag Harbour UFO centre?
Anjuli Patil 9 September 2018
The Shag Harbour Incident Society UFO Interpretative Centre was broken into and vandalized some time between Friday evening and Saturday morning, the chairman of the society confirmed Sunday.
Laurie Wickens said he left the non-profit centre Friday around 5 p.m. and when he came back Saturday morning, he noticed a smashed window.
"There were two cash registers that were upside on the floor and a bunch of pop cans and mugs had been thrown all over the place, so I just went back out and locked the door and called the RCMP," Wickens said.
RCMP confirmed to CBC News Sunday the centre was broken into and that it was reported Saturday morning.
Wickens said when police arrived, more smashed windows were discovered. It appeared someone had thrown objects from the museum — rocks painted like UFOs and aliens — through the windows where they were discovered on the ground outside, he said. Whoever broke into the building also set off a fire extinguisher, Wickens said.
"It looks like a lot of damage," he said. It's not yet known how much money was taken and how much it will cost to repair the damage, he said.
He thinks vandalism was the primary aim.
"I don't think it was somebody breaking in looking for money. There was some cash there. But they would have just taken the cash and left, they wouldn't have destroyed the place," Wickens said.
Wickens said in the three to four years he's worked at the centre, no one has ever tried to damage the property in this way.
The centre is expected to reopen by Wednesday at the latest, Wickens said.
About the UFO centre
According to its website, the Shag Harbour Incident Society believes the report of a UFO sighting in 1967 should be recognized in the community.
The society was formed in 2006 with the goal of setting up a permanent place to "display the accumulating information collected on the mysterious UFO that landed in the harbour decades early," the website says.
The centre first opened in a temporary location in 2007, but moved to its permanent home in 2009.
The society also hosts an annual UFO Festival.
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/who-or-what-vandalized-the-shag-harbour-ufo-centre/ar-BBN5Lu7?li=AA521o
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 10, 2018 11:20:29 GMT
Space Videos
Published on Sep 10, 2018
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the Telstar 18V communications satellite onboard this morning. Liftoff took place at 04:45 UTC, September 10th 2018 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The first stage of the Falcon 9 shortly after landed on the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) out in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Post by swamprat on Sept 10, 2018 19:26:20 GMT
One of the most important speeches in recorded history was given by Charlie Chaplin in "The Great Dictator" [Oct 1940]. Written, Produced, & Directed by Charlie Chaplin.
Chaplin's film advanced a stirring, controversial condemnation of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, fascism, antisemitism, and the Nazis. At the time of its first release, the United States was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany. Chaplin plays both leading roles: a ruthless fascist dictator and a persecuted Jewish barber.
The Great Dictator was popular with audiences, becoming Chaplin's most commercially successful film. Modern critics have also praised it as a historically significant film and an important work of satire, and in 1997, it was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
The speech Chaplin made is still held in the highest esteem today.
www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=uAd1WJ9gXo0
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 11, 2018 9:41:15 GMT
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 11, 2018 12:00:17 GMT
Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Eyewitness to 'Britain's Roswell' to reveal explosive new information at Holmfirth UFO conference
Steve Longero will discuss two 'brand new events' that took place during the 1980 Rendlesham Forest incident
By Ben Abbiss
08:00, 11 SEP 2018 Updated11:43, 11 SEP 2018
A former United States Airforce patrol officer who witnessed Britain's most famous UFO event will reveal 'explosive' new information at a conference in Holmfirth.
Steve Longero was one of a number of American military personnel who reported seeing strange lights in the sky over Rendlesham Forest, close to RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk, in 1980.
Referred to as the 'Rendlesham Forest incident' and dubbed 'Britain's Roswell' due to its notoriety among ufologists, the event has been shrouded in mystery ever since.
But Steve is now ready to reveal new information that he has kept secret for almost four decades - and he has chosen a UFO conference in Holmfirth as his first platform.
The UFO Truth Magazine Holmfirth Conference takes place at the Holmfirth Civic Hall on Saturday September 15 and Sunday September 16.
Steve will be interviewed at 2pm on the Sunday by conference organiser and editor of UFO Truth Magazine, Gary Heseltine.
Gary said the one to one interview is not to be missed and could be ground breaking for the Rendlesham Forest case.
"Steve did a three hour, in-depth, interview with me and in that we found new information that could be important for the case.
"He has revealed two brand new major events that he has never spoken about before and that are absolutely explosive."
more after the jump:
www.examiner.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/eyewitness-britains-roswell-reveal-explosive-15133255
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Post by thelmadonna on Sept 11, 2018 12:14:42 GMT
An extortionate price for very little return.
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