Russia-NATO: a marriage of convenience?
Read my comprehensive news summary of the missile shield problematique on the Lifeboat Foundation blog (“The Missile Shield and the Race for Space Awareness“).
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Existential Threats
Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Biases, and Global Risk
If you have not read “Cognitive Biases Potentially Affecting Judgment of Global Risks” and “Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in
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Iran Vows Large-Scale Retaliation if U.S. Attacks
“The name of the game is simply to saturate strategic targets with missile firepower in order to render the Patriots and other defenses
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Russia fires RS-24 multi-warhead ICBM, countering US missile-shield in Europe
Thanks, Mr. Bush et.al. MOSCOW (AP) – Russia test-launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile Tuesday that is capable of carrying multiple independent warheads,
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Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
A nice presentation of the essence of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A9pGhwQbS0]
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Star War Fronts
Israel already used US-made Patriot missiles to defend against missile attacks US plans Israel missile shield The US House of Representatives has adopted
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RU Sirius interviews Anissimov (Lifeboat Foundation) about AI, transhumanism and more
Immortality or Oblivion (MP3) on NeoFiles.
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Scrutinizing New Nukes
A comprehensive examination of U.S. nuclear weapons policies should be undertaken before the government proceeds beyond the initial stages of producing a new
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US missile shield questioned
The director of Moscow’s Center for Policy Studies, Dr Vladimir Orlov, told ISN Security Watch that “Russia is suspicious that this is only
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Revolution, flashmobs, and brain chips. A grim vision of the future
Information chips implanted in the brain. Electromagnetic pulse weapons. The middle classes becoming revolutionary, taking on the role of Marx’s proletariat. The population
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