Pentagon Threat Detection System Would Scan E-mails and Text

[Lindley]

Lindley,

There would be no way to enforce it anyway. Doing math can't be made illegal.

Yeah, but they could prosecute a person who's computer they couldn't break into, for not being in compliance with the new law.

Maybe in North Korea, but that would be politically impossible in the US. Any proposed law that sweeping would be shot down so fast it doesn't even merit thinking on.

Robert Maxwell,

This brings up a good point that can be summarized thusly: even the most perfect signals intelligence can't replace good old-fashioned human intelligence. Computers deal really well with things that are rational and predictable. People aren't. A computer might be able to help but it's not going to do the work for you--there still has to be a competent person behind the desk.

Advances in artificial intelligence, er, sorry, intelligent computer algorithms (the term A.I. isn't used too much anymore because I guess it conjures up images of Terminator) will eventually render the need for human intelligence unnecessary. Hell, eventually such technology will probably ultimately render humans unnecessary (I don't think this is a good road to head down, but oddly nobody seems to care at all).

Not any time soon. General AI isn't all that good and it isn't getting better very fast.

Most of the research focus at the moment is on problem-specific algorithms. They may seem intelligent, but they're really only any good at solving one particular type of problem.

 

[CuttingEdge100]

Lindley,

Maybe in North Korea, but that would be politically impossible in the US. Any proposed law that sweeping would be shot down so fast it doesn't even merit thinking on.

I wouldn't be so sure about that

 

[FordSVT]

Very insightful, definitely worth a week's wait.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Lindley,

Maybe in North Korea, but that would be politically impossible in the US. Any proposed law that sweeping would be shot down so fast it doesn't even merit thinking on.

I wouldn't be so sure about that

Do you have anything to offer other than blind paranoia?