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Geographical Magazine The Geographical Podcast – Caging a Star: Inside ITER, the world’s biggest nuclear fusion experiment Written by  Geographical 2021 The April edition of The Geographical Podcast has arrived. This month, we take a look inside the worlds biggest nuclear fusion experiment, and discuss the ethics of military spending, lethal robotics and autonomous weapons Welcome to Geographical, the official publication of the Roya...

The state of the art in robotics and artificial intelligence continues to advance at an accelerating clip, surprising experts and futurists. Increasingly complex and in telligent machines are changing the texture of human life as they are insinuated into more spheres of activity, from manufacturing to law enforcement to stock trading. Military applications have historically been one of the greatest drivers of innovation. We can trace the history of warfighting—and especially its recent histor...

14 lectures will be available through Zoom. Written By: News staff | × ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — Senior College of West Central Minnesota announced its 2021 spring class schedule. College-level scholars from across the state will provide lecture on a broad range of topics. Classes are offered via Zoom beginning Tuesday, March 16 and concluding Thursday, April. 29. Lectures are held live from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Admission for the lectures is by season membership only. The...

February 10, 2021 War waged by artificial intelligence creates new possibilities on the battlefield and new concerns from human rights watchdogs. SHOW TRANSCRIPT The advances in artificial intelligence reshaping exploration and navigation are also changing the way war is waged. With weapons of war taking on more autonomy, decisions made now by governments around the world will determine the future of global conflict. 

Illiteracy, Not Morality, Is Holding Back Military Integration of Artificial Intelligence A data-illiterate culture in the military is widening the gap between the United States and its competitors. Success will require deeper and more direct congressional action. In his recent essay in The National Interest, John Austerman says he believes that a complex of moral issues related to increased automation in weapons systems is the sticking point for progress on military integration of artificial...

As China Leads Quantum Computing Race, U.S. Spies Plan for a World with Fewer Secrets On 12/14/20 at 5:00 AM EST As China leads in the race to quantum computing edge, US spies plan for a world with few secrets. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Back in 1994, when quantum computers existed only as so much chalk on a blackboard, mathematician Peter Shor invented what may soon prove to be their killer app. Shor trained his efforts on a calc...