Algorithm Is First to Identify Faces Better Than Humans Can, April 23, 2014

Source: discovermagazine.com

By Carl Engelking

Let’s face it, from trivia to teaching, computers are doing things we thought were uniquely human — and doing them better. Now, facial recognition, a skill humans once dominated, has a new champion. Computer scientists have developed a facial recognition algorithm that, for the first time, outperforms humans’ own abilities.

Facial recognition systems are already better than humans at comparing two images to determine if they are the same person, but only when variables like lighting, pose and expression are controlled. When you shake things up, humans still correctly identify faces with over 97 percent accuracy; before now no other algorithm had come close that mark. However, scientists’ new algorithm, called GaussianFace, performed the feat with an accuracy of 98.52 percent.

Training the Champ
The new algorithm condenses each face it “sees” into a small image to position the eyes, nose, and corners of the mouth in consistent locations. Then, it further divides the image into small, overlapping squares and mathematically charts each square’s unique characteristics, allowing it to compare two images.

Scientists trained the algorithm to look for correct facial features by setting it loose on four massive datasets of face images. Once training was complete, it was time for the main event: Labeled Faces in the Wild (LFW).

LFW is a dataset of 13,000 face images, and is considered the gauntlet for face recognition algorithms. It challenges programs to determine whether a pair of pictures is the same person or different people. However, each photo switches up angles, lighting, makeup and expressions to really test an algorithm’s proficiency.

The GaussianFace algorithm emerged from the test a champion, beating humans’ 97.35 percent average performance on LFW. The algorithm could someday be used in myriad applications including security, image retrieval, and biometric credentials for our computers and mobile devices. The scientists published their findings earlier this month in the online journal arXiv.

Want to see how you’d do against the computer? Check out Medium’s collection of facial images and see if you can tell which are matches.

Mike Adams | The Rise of the Robots, February 26, 2014

Source: infowars.com, NaturalNews.com



Mike Adams of NaturalNews.com discusses the coming singularity and AI Robots who will decide humans are no longer relevant and begin the mass extermination.
Read more at: infowars.com

NSA Leaks: Mail Tampering, Quantum Computing and Clemency?, January 3, 2014

Source: RT.com



The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved the Obama administration's application to renew the bulk collection of telephone metadata for another 90 days on Friday afternoon. The approval will give the administration time to review the 46 recommendations on how to reform the National Security Agency a White House-appointed panel made in December.

Two federal judges have handed down conflicting rulings on the constitutionality of the NSA's bulk metadata collection program in recent weeks, and the Justice Department filed an appeal of one of those rulings - the one that said the program is "likely unconstitutional" - on Friday. Meghan Lopez talks about the latest NSA developments with RT web producer Andrew Blake and political commentator Sam Sacks. -RT.com

Roman Yampolskiy, Ph.D | Rise of The Machines

Source: infowars.com, cecs.louisville.edu/ry



On The September 4, 2013 Broadcast Of The Infowars Nightly News, David Knight hosts & Interviews Artificial Intelligence Expert Roman Yampolskiy on The Rise of The Machines.  


Roman Yampolskiy - Developing Safe A.I.



Biography of Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy

Roman V. Yampolskiy holds a PhD degree from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo. There he was a recipient of a four year NSF (National Science Foundation) IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) fellowship. Before beginning his doctoral studies Dr. Yampolskiy received a BS/MS (High Honors) combined degree in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA.

After completing his PhD dissertation Dr. Yampolskiy held a position of an Affiliate Academic at the Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University of London, College of London. In 2008 Dr. Yampolskiy accepted an assistant professor position at the Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville, KY. He had previously conducted research at the Laboratory for Applied Computing (currently known as Center for Advancing the Study of Infrastructure) at the Rochester Institute of Technology and at the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Yampolskiy is also an alumnus of Singularity University (GSP2012) and a visiting fellow of the Singularity Institute.

Dr. Yampolskiy's main areas of interest are behavioral biometrics, digital forensics, pattern recognition, genetic algorithms, neural networks, artificial intelligence and games. Dr. Yampolskiy is an author of over 100 publications including multiple journal articles and books. His research has been cited by numerous scientists and profiled in popular magazines both American and foreign (New Scientist, Poker Magazine, Science World Magazine), dozens of websites (BBC, MSNBC, Yahoo! News) and on radio (German National Radio, Alex Jones Show). Reports about his work have attracted international attention and have been translated into many languages including Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish.

Aaron Franz | The Singularity, Artificial Intelligence, Technological Addiction, August, 29, 2013

Source: SmellsLikeHumanSpirit.com, theageoftransitions.com



Aaron Franz is an author, filmmaker, and researcher whose work covers a number of subjects including the 'technological singularity', transhumanism, and eugenics. He previously appeared on the podcast back in Episode 50, and recently penned an article for SmellsLikeHumanSpirit.com entitled 'H+ The Digital Series - Another Transhumanist Apocalypse.' In this edition of Smells Like Human Spirit, he discusses the article, artificial intelligence, technological addiction and more. Enjoy! -SmellsLikeHumanSpirit.com
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Article: 'H+ The Digital Series - Another Transhumanist Apocalypse' by Aaron Franz

Richard Phillips | Alien technology & Cover Up "The Second Ship" | 2009-09-09 | Mastered

Source: frightnightshow.com, secondship.com



Richard Phillips | The Second Ship, Night Fright Show with Brent Holland | 2009-09-09 Mastered  

Bio
Richard Phillips has Top Secret Clearance and is a former Army Ranger officer and graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. He has worked on classified projects for the United States government at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he also earned his Master of Science in nuclear physics. He currently resides in Phoenix, Ariz., where he is employed by General Dynamics and works on military simulation software for the U.S. government. Author and nuclear physicist Richard Phillips believes life on other planets does exist. His belief stems from extensive classified research in aerospace technologies that he generated for the U.S. military.  

Synopsis
Ever wondered if those fuzzy pictures of lights flying across the night sky are really alien aircraft? Do you think the government is really hiding UFOs at Area 51? If so, you may not be alone. According to The Associated Press, with over one third of the population saying Aliens actually do exist. Author and nuclear physicist Richard Phillips believes life on other planets does indeed exist. His belief stems from extensive classified research in aerospace technologies that he generated for the U.S. military. In his new sci-fi thriller book, "The Second Ship" Phillips explores the reality of mankind harnessing powerful alien technology and the implications the new technology would have on humanity. "Every new technology offers fascinating opportunities, but at a potential cost," says Phillips, who is a huge proponent of scientific research but believes every scientific theory is only a model of reality."

Technologies currently under investigation carry risks. For example, CERN scientists outside Geneva are proceeding with tests that could produce a micro black hole, thereby destroying our planet. Tonight on Night Fright we explore the possibilities of back engineered alien technology. Tonight on Night Fright we look at the secrecy of an ongoing extensive cover-up at Area 51. Tonight on Night Fright Stick around and get ready to be riveted to your seat. Strap in and hang on here we go!
-NightFrightShow.com

James Horak & Crystal Clark | MORPHEUS, HALCYON DAYS & THE FORKED ROAD OF CHOICE: A brand new beginning or the same old end?

Source: Information Machine, drowninginabsurdity.wordpress.com, emvsinfo.blogspot.com



James Horak interviews Crystal Clark to discuss her recent treatise regarding the Sacred Science. With special emphasis on the hidden history of mankind’s self-destructive past(s) and our current repetition of the patterns that ultimately led to those cataclysms, few stones were left unturned in this immersive, pointed and engaging discussion:

• Acquiring extra-information through dreams (Morpheus)
• Walter Russell, Edgar Cayce, Nostradamus
• The risks of leaving records behind for the next civilization
• Hidden/suppressed archeological discoveries and anomalies would tell the truth
• Previous cataclysms caused by misuse of technology via elitist mindsets
• Weaponization of natural systems and genocide
• Catastrophic Biosphere & Biodiversity Collapse
• The public has purposefully been set up to fail and take the blame
• Manufactured lack turned into personal guilt
• Greed and planned obsolescence (of products, living things AND people)
• Depopulation as a counter to an awakening public
• Surveillance and data collection: Invasion of privacy and emotional/psychological manipulation
• Data-mining and Artificial Intelligence
• People perish for lack of knowledge—participate in their own demise through ignorance
• Billions of people want an abundant, free and peaceful future (Halcyon Days)
• Emulating and honoring the wisdom of Nature’s balanced interchange system
• Freedom to fully explore individual creative potential and free will
• Overcoming imbalance/split-consciousness with moral integrity
• Taming the ego allows for individual uniqueness to become a cultural benefit for everyone
• Non-violent models of change: balancing the desire for peace with the changes necessary to ensure it

“Humanity once again stands at a most important fork in the road; a moment exhilarating and exasperating, liberating and terrifying—may we have the wisdom and moral fortitude to choose the path of countless wonders.”   
--Crystal Clark, June 3, 2013

Related article: A BRIEF TREATISE ON THE SACRED SCIENCE by Crystal Clark

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Dr. Peter Breggin, Kevin Warwick, David Seaman | Cybernetics/NSA Spying, June 10, 2013

Source: coasttocoastam.com, breggin.com, kevinwarwick.com, davidseamanonline youtube



During the first half-hour, psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggin reacted to a new study about overconfidence, which finds that people can draw inaccurate conclusions when they underestimate what they don't know. Genuine confidence comes from the ability to think for yourself and solve problems, Breggin commented.

During the first half, Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, England, Kevin Warwick spoke about advances in artificial intelligence, robotics and cyborgs. He defined the concept of a cyborg as a human who is enhanced through technology to have extra abilities. It's an intriguing question to explore-- would you have implants in your eyes if they could give you X-ray vision, or undergo a procedure so you could communicate telepathically?, he pondered. If it was a simple, safe procedure to have small implants installed, many people might consider it, kind of like laser eye surgery, he suggested. Currently, three students have small magnets implanted in their fingers as an experiment into expanding their sensory inputs with sonar, he reported.

Warwick shared details about robots being developed with biological brains using rat neurons, and how research like this is helping people with neurological problems. He touched on his research project involving a robot named Morgui that has five senses-- vision, hearing, infrared, ultrasonics, and radar, and how this data is fused together. He also talked about the Turing test, in which people try to guess whether they are communicating with a human or artificial intelligence. Warwick foresees robotic or autonomous cars coming in the near future, in which drivers might switch into this mode like they do with cruise control when they're on a freeway or toll road.

In the latter half, reporter David Seaman discussed the breaking news about whistleblower Edward Snowden, and the ramification of his disclosures regarding NSA surveillance of American citizens via the Internet and telephone. Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who first received the leaked information, has said that Snowden has given him thousands of documents, many of which are significant stories. "So, it's quite possible that by early next week, you and I could be living in a different kind of world," Seaman remarked, adding that he believes we're seeing a massive abuse of power, and the disassembling of 4th Amendment rights.

Seaman suspects that we have not learned the full extent of the NSA surveillance of American phone calls-- and that in spite of what we've been told, they may actually have transcripts of all conversations. We do know they have logs of all calls over the past seven years, including the numbers you've called, the numbers that have called you, the length of the calls, and the location data, he said. Snowden called this an "existential threat to democracy," and while Pres. Obama and various Senators have defended the surveillance, other Senators have expressed concern. Seaman is particularly galled by Pres. Obama presenting himself to voters as a constitutional law scholar, and now backing these actions. Seaman suggested that the ultimate goal of such surveillance is to prevent or stifle civil unrest.

Information Machine | Message to A.I. Scientists, May 9, 2013

Source: Information Machine, bluebrain.epfl.ch



Message to A.I. Scientists 
By Information Machine © 2013

A. I. (Artificial Intellect) 
"The "I" standing for intellect not intelligence. An artificial brain is based on artificial neurons. The effects of the hollow tubes creates the neuron web and the rich of singularity brings conscious to an A.I.."

"But before it gets better the pain is high. Or better the price to pay is high.
A famous news phrase…"A.I.s out of control" or "The child is going wild."

Micah Hanks on OffPlanet Radio with Randy Maugans | The UFO Singularity, March 20, 2013

Source: offplanetradio.com, gralienreport.com



Micah Hanks is an author, researcher, Fortean, and skeptical inquirer into UFO and anomalous activity. He brings to the conversation a wide scope of ideas and factual data regarding what is called the Singularity. Also known as "trans-humanism", the singularity speculates a near-future transformation of the human into a super intelligent, highly evolved bio-machine via artificial intelligence, biological enhancement,and/or brain-computer interfaces. Singularity was first termed by mathematician, John von Neumann in the 1950s, and popularized by computer scientist and sci-fi writer, Vernor Vinge and inventor/futurist, Ray Kurzweil in his 1999 book, "The Age of Spiritual Machines".

We discuss the origins, aspects, and far-reaching implications of the so-called trans-humanist movement; technology, consciousness, and spirituality, as well as how the singularity may relate to the UFO phenomena that still presents an enigma to present understanding. -Randy Maugans

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Book: "The UFO Singularity" (New Page Publishers) at Amazon: http://amzn.to/XxrWYB

Dr. Roman Yampolskiy on Offplanet Radio | A.I. & Cyber Privacy, April 11, 2012

Source: offplanetradio.com, Roman Yampolskiy, Bio Dr. Roman Yampolskiy

"So the totality of humanity, with all of its biologic messiness, wasn't wanted. And to this machine-god, forgiveness just did not compute. Only cold retribution for the sins of the past."
- Frakes, Terminator 2: Judgment Day

April 11, 2011–Roman Yampolskiy is Assistant Professor and Head of Cyber Security Lab at University of Louisville. In an article posted at Innovation News Daily, "Humanity Must 'Jail' Dangerous AI to Avoid Doom, Expert Says", Dr. Yampolskiy was quoted as warning: "..."If such software manages to self-improve to levels significantly beyond human-level intelligence, the type of damage it can do is truly beyond our ability to predict or fully comprehend,"

We catch up with him to talk about A.I. (artificial intelligence), cyberspace privacy and security, and why he believes that computers can outstrip human performance. As he tells us: "Very little is known about how to protect ourselves from such technologies." ~Randy Maugans


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Related: Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy | Skynet Rising: The A.I. Threat to Humanity's Existence, March 14, 2012

NSA Building the World's Biggest Spy Center Ever

Source: tercermilenio, James Bamford Wired article

Recently, the investigative journalist James Bamford wrote a report for Wired magazine about a spy center that is being built in America. This is a project of the National Security Agency and it's goal is the protection and safety of American citizens. All media and citizen in the world will be monitored. Is that security worth the loss of freedom?

 Related: NSA Building A $2 Billion Quantum Computer Artificial Intelligence Spy Center, March 18, 2012

Dimitar Sasselov, Ben Goertzel | Exoplanets / AI, March 28, 2012

Source: coasttocoastam.com, lifeofsuperearths.com, wp.goertzel.org

March 28, 2012–Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University, Dimitar Sasselov, discussed the unprecedented breakthroughs in exoplanetary astronomy, and how they will shed new light on our place in the universe. He coined the term "super-Earth," which refers to rocky planets like Earth, only much larger. A number of such exoplanets have been discovered in the last few years, and recently there's been speculation that there could be billions of such super-Earths in our galaxy alone. While the Kepler Mission has excelled at discovering planets, they tend to be too far from Earth to adequately study their atmospheres and surfaces, he noted. So the next big step will be to discover planets that are closer to us and to look for signatures of life, he continued, adding that there's a proposal for a survey satellite called TESS which could locate planetary targets amongst the nearest stars for detailed viewing by the James Webb telescope (the successor to Hubble). Sasselov also talked about the transit of Venus on June 5th, the only time this planet will be seen moving between the Earth and the Sun this century.

During the last hour, Dr. Brian Goertzel spoke about his work on artificial intelligence (AI) and its various applications. AI machines will excel in deciphering our modern economy and coming up with solutions, in a way that humans weren't evolved to do, he commented. Robot/AI nannies and housekeepers may be among the first machines people will have in their homes, he said, though the military could also use the technology to develop super soldiers. Goertzel, who moved to Hong Kong to work on AI projects, also talked about the "technological singularity," which he described as a point in time "when the progress of science and technology becomes so rapid that from the point of view of the human mind, it's essentially infinite." Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil has predicted that this transformative point could occur by 2045.  

New segment guests: Dr. Leonard Coldwell, Terry Lee

NSA Building A $2 Billion Quantum Computer Artificial Intelligence Spy Center, March 18, 2012

Source: blog.alexanderhiggins.com

The NSA is a data center to house a 512 qubit quantum computer capable of learning, reproducing the brain’s cognitive functions, and programming itself.

The National Security Center is building a highly fortified $2 Billion highly top secret complex simply named the “Utah Data Center” which will soon be home to the Hydrogen bomb of cybersecurity – A 512 Qubit Quantum Computer — which will revitalize the “total information awareness” program originally envisioned by George Bush in 2003.

The news of the data center comes after Department of Defense contractor Lockheed Martin secured a contract with D-Wave for $10 million for a 512 qubit Quantum Computer code-named Vesuvius.

Vesuvius is capable of executing a massive number of computations at once, more than 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0, which is would take millions of years on a standard desktop.

The computer will be able to crack crack even the most secure encryption and will give the US government a quantum leap into technologies once only dreamed of including the rise of the world’s very first all-knowing omniscient self-teaching artificial intelligence.

The D-Wave Quantum computer boasts of a wide array of features including:

Binary classification – Enables the quantum computer to be fed vast amounts of complex input data, including text, images, and videos and label the material
Quantum Unsupervised Feature Learning QUFL – Enables the computer to learn on its own, as well as create and optimize its own programs to make itself run more efficiently.
Temporal QUFL – Enables the Computer to predict the future based in information it learns through Binary classification and the QUFL feature.
Artificial Intelligence Via Quantum Neural Network – Enables the computer to completely reconstruct the human brain’s cognitive processes and teach itself how to make better decisions and better predict the future based.

D-Wave’s 512-qubit chip, code-named Vesuvius

D-Wave’s 512-qubit chip, code-named Vesuvius. The white square on the right contains the quantum goodness. Photo: D-Wave

Read full article here: blog.alexanderhiggins.com

Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy | Skynet Rising: The A.I. Threat to Humanity's Existence, March 14, 2012

Source: inforwars.com, Roman V. Yampolskiy, Ph.D



March 14, 2012–Alex Jones talks with Roman Yampolskiy, a computer scientist at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, who recently wrote an article about the danger to humanity from AI and super-intelligent computers. Mr. Yampolskiy is trained in the fields of programming, forensics, biometrics and artificial intelligence.

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Source: innovationnewsdaily.com
Humanity Must 'Jail' Dangerous AI to Avoid Doom, Expert Says Super-intelligent computers or robots have threatened humanity's existence more than once in science fiction. Such doomsday scenarios could be prevented if humans can create a virtual prison to contain artificial intelligence before it grows dangerously self-aware.

Keeping the artificial intelligence (AI) genie trapped in the proverbial bottle could turn an apocalyptic threat into a powerful oracle that solves humanity's problems, said Roman Yampolskiy, a computer scientist at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. But successful containment requires careful planning so that a clever AI cannot simply threaten, bribe, seduce or hack its way to freedom.

"It can discover new attack pathways, launch sophisticated social-engineering attacks and re-use existing hardware components in unforeseen ways," Yampolskiy said. "Such software is not limited to infecting computers and networks — it can also attack human psyches, bribe, blackmail and brainwash those who come in contact with it."