Can Bryan Pass the Turing Test?

Chris, Bryan, and Melanie talk about the Interim Report issued by the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence last week. What kinds of expectations should we have about AI being used for national security purposes? What kind of investments should be made in this technology, and where will the money come from? What about concerns that AI developed by American companies or the United States government might be used by authoritarian regimes to violate their citizens’ human rights? Can we continue to reap the benefits of research collaboration with people from other countries, particularly China, and still protect national security secrets? Finally, Bryan tells us of his exploits in Italy, Chris gives a heartfelt appreciation to a friend and colleague, and Melanie looks forward to some long-awaited playtime with her nephews.

Links

• National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, Interim Report, November 2019
• Jacey Fortin, “Uber C.E.O. Backtracks After Comparing Khashoggi’s Killing to an Accident,” New York Times, November 11, 2019
• Andrew Bacevich, “The Berlin Wall Fell and the U.S. learned the Wrong Lessons. It Got Us Donald Trump,” Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2019
• Christopher Preble, John Glaser, and A. Trevor Thrall, Fuel to the Fire: How Trump Made America’s Broken Foreign Policy Even Worse, (Cato Institute, 2019)
• Robert Work and Eric Schmidt, “In Search of Ideas: The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Wants You,” War on the Rocks, July 18, 2019
• Ilanit Chernick, “Holocaust Survivors Reunite with Rescuer at Yad Vashem,” November 3, 2019, Jerusalem Post
• “Holocaust Survivor Reunited with a Baby He Saved During World War II,” BBC, November 8, 2019
• Gina Kolata, “Vast Dragnet Targets Theft of Biomedical Secrets for China,” New York Times, November 4, 2019
• Melanie Marlow, Tweets, November 11, 2019
• “Puffs,” Heritage Pride Productions, November 14-15-16, and 21-22-23