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ai with ai: A Mind Forever Voyaging Part 1

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OpenAI has trained an unsupervised language model that can perform basic reading comprehension, summarize text, answer questions, and generate coherent paragraphs; as Andy and Dave discuss, the bigger news came from OpenAI's decision to release a less-capable version of the GPT-2 model, "for the good of humanity," as one news site claimed. IBM's Project Debater lost a debate with champion debater Harish Natarajan, but more of the audience said Project Debater better enriched their knowledge on the topic. Princeton and Microsoft announce NAIL, an agent for playing general interactive fiction (such as the Zork series), and consisting of multiple Decision Modules for performing various tasks. Columbia University takes a step toward reconstructing speech directly from the brain's auditory cortex, by temporarily placing electrodes in patients and having them listen to spoken numbers. DARPA announces SAIL-ON, the Science of Artificial Intelligence and Learning for Open-world Novelty, in an attempt to help AI adapt to constantly changing conditions. DARPA's Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE) promises $7.6M to the Center for Open Science, for leading the charge on reproducibility. The Animal-AI Olympics hopes to create a survival-of-the-fittest for AI approach to the animal kingdom. Facebook releases ELF OpenGo, an open-source implementation of DeepMind's AlphaZero. Neuroscientists from Case Western Reserve discover an entirely new form of neural communication that works through electrical fields and can function over gaps in severed tissues. The Nufffield Foundation and the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence released a report on the Ethical and Societal Implications of Algorithms, Data, and AI. Technology for Global Security and the Center for Global Security and Research join forces to understand and manage risks to international security and warfare, as posed by AI-related tech. A short review in Science looks at brain circuitry and learning, and Andy pulls DeepMind's look at Neuroscience-inspired AI paper from 2017. Research examines engineering-based design methodology for embedding ethics in autonomous robots, while another paper assesses the local interpretability of machine learning methods. Jeff Erickson releases a textbook on Algorithms; Daniel Shiffman publishes The Nature of Code; and Jason Brownlee offers up Clever Algorithms – Nature-Inspired Programming Recipes. A video from This Week in Machine Learning and AI dissects the controversy surrounding OpenAI's GPT-2 model. And finally, two websites offer up faces of fictional people.

. The Nufffield Foundation and the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence released a report on the Ethical and Societal Implications of Algorithms, Data, and AI. Technology for Global Security and the Center for Global Security and Research join forces to understand and manage risks to international security and warfare, as posed by AI-related tech. A short review in Science looks at brain

Golden Dome, Nuclear Modernization, and Arms Control: Can the Administration Have It All?

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President Trump is simultaneously pursuing the Golden Dome missile defense shield, nuclear modernization, and arms control—a challenging combination.

to international relations and the President’s prior personal relationships with his foreign counterparts may produce interesting agreements or frameworks. But he will likely have a more difficult time ... raising the question of whether it would require a Manhattan Project level of attention. It reinvigorates the debate on national defense strategy priorities at a moment when the shifting international security environment is more complicated than the Cold War Reagan inherited. Golden Dome will be competing with critical needs for nuclear modernization and rebuilding the US defense industrial base

To Counter China’s Economic Threat to US Industry, Seek Resilience, Not Deterrence

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Economic deterrence, a priority in the National Defense Industrial Strategy, is vague and difficult. To compete with China, economic resilience is preferable.

with Resilience, Not Deterrence Christopher Cairns Dr. Christopher Cairns is a Research Scientist with CNA's Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Program . Released earlier this year, the US Department of Defense’s ... of critical supply chains as fundamental to its security and prosperity. For economic deterrence to force Beijing to change its behavior, it would have to impose anticipated costs in excess of what ... . For example, Victor Cha of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) argues that the US should work with key allies to threaten to restrict exports of certain commodities

The East and South China Seas: One Sea, Near Seas, Whose Seas?

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China sees the East and South China Seas as its unified “near seas.” Other nations in the region dispute that, noting distinct differences between the seas.

China Studies Program and a non-resident fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research. Brian Waidelich is a research scientist with CNA's Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Program ... , and rocks — but the economic, maritime, and security stakes associated with them are large. Countries around the East and South China Seas, however, are not taking China’s actions passively ... grounds that support the economic growth and food security of East and Southeast Asian countries. According to one estimate, the value of these fisheries is over $7 billion in the East China Sea

Q&A WITH CNA: What’s Next for Taiwan?

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CNA China Studies analyst James Bellacqua answers our questions about what's next for Taiwan after Speaker Pelosi's visit.

to the PRC would shatter the credibility of U.S. security commitments in the region. Consequently, the U.S. will likely continue to provide security assistance to Taiwan, demonstrate its ability to transit the Taiwan Strait and work with regional allies to elevate Taiwan‘s international profile while stopping short of emboldening Taipei to advance its independence aspirations for fear of touching off

Impacts of the Ukraine War on Russian Technology Development

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Anya Fink examines how international sanctions and the exit of multinational corporations from Russia have hurt Moscow’s artificial intelligence ambitions.

Impacts of the Ukraine War on Russian Technology Development Anya Fink examines how international sanctions and the exit of multinational corporations from Russia have hurt Moscow’s artificial ... Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already dramatically reshaped European security. It is also likely to have significant repercussions for Russia’s economy and its technological development. The exit ... support to civilian businesses and defense corporations, numerous human capital initiatives and international cooperative ventures. This strategy has encompassed the development of unmanned transport

Implications of the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan

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The end of the Afghan conflict—and the manner in which it ended—is significant, but it will take time for its implications to come into focus.

and the disintegration of U.S.-built security forces that captured the world’s attention. The end of the Afghan conflict—and the manner in which it ended—is significant, but it will take time for its ... to be seen how cooperative the Taliban government will prove to be, if at all, or whether the regime will become hostile and provide sanctuary to international terrorism. To conduct unilateral ... to international terrorism and the network of global jihadist movements, which stretch into the Caucasus and other areas in and near Russia. China has similar concerns about extremist networks in its western regions

The U.S. is Close to a Deal with the Taliban: What’s Next?

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Last Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Twitter that the United States had officially "come to an understanding with the Taliban on a significant reduction in violence across Afghanistan."

governments, the reintegration of Taliban fighters — potentially into the Afghan security forces — and the relationship of any post-peace government with the international community, including the continued provision of international aid on which Afghanistan’s economy relies heavily. But first things first. If the reduction in violence can hold for just a few more days, the U.S. and the Taliban ... the Stability and Development Program. Schroden is an expert on the Marine Corps, special operations forces, terrorism/counterterrorism, indigenous force development, security force assistance, foreign

China-Russia Energy Relations

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Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin inaugurated the Power of Siberia pipeline, which links the world's largest natural gas exporter to the world's largest natural gas importer.

as a symbol of closer bilateral relations. On that same day, Xi told Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev that China and Russia should stand closer to each other at a time when the United States and some other Western countries “have increased their interference in the internal affairs of China and Russia, threatened the sovereign security of both countries, and impeded their social ... Novatek and its international partners (France’s Total, China’s CNPC and Silk Road Fund) completed the Yamal LNG project on time and on budget in December 2017 despite Western sanctions. CNPC has

Can Kim Jong Un Really Denuclearize?

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A fundamental question facing U.S. policymakers is whether North Korea intends to denuclearize. Most Pyongyang-watchers believe this is an impossibility, at least for the near term.

. These rules are tied to  the Kim family’s role  and an unwritten contract that the supreme leader will protect and defend family equities and regime security. There have been times in North Korean history ... to secure buy-in from the Kim family, the party, military and internal security. He would need to make a cogent argument for sacrificing the nuclear program, and provide assurances that the United States and international community would follow through on any agreement. This would be difficult to pull off if North Korea had to agree to denuclearize on the front end; Kim could more easily agree