In de krant De Morgen van vandaag verscheen een artikel "Amerikaanse NSA wil onze gedachten lezen", dat ondertussen niet meer op De Morgen Online beschikbaar is!
Daarin meldt journalist "GT" dat de Amerikaanse inlichtingendienst National Security Agency (NSA) werkt aan een systeem dat bedoeld is om te weten wat mensen denken. Dat onthulde NSA-kenner James Bamford in het tv-programma The Spy Factory.
Het systeem Aquaint (Advanced Question Answering for Intelligence) wordt ontwikkeld door de afdeling Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), het laboratorium voor nieuwe technologieën van de grootste en minst bekende geheime dienst van de VS. NSA zit ook achter Echelon, het satelietspionagesysteem dat telecommunicatie kan afluisteren.
Het Aquaintsysteem zal het volledige internet en duizenden gegevensbestanden kunnen gebruiken om antwoorden te geven op vragen die de inlichtingendienst stelt. Omdat er alsmaar meer gegevens worden verzameld, via telefoongesprekken, betaalkaarten, socialenetwerksites, gps-toestellen, gsm's en internetzoekopdrachten kan het mogelijk worden na te gaan waar mensen zijn, wat ze doen en zelfs hoe ze denken.
"De technologie van Aquaint gedraagt zich als een robot, die ingewikkelde vraagstukken kan begrijpen en beantwoorden", verklaart een researcher die jaren voor het project heeft gewerkt, maar omwille van morele bezwaren ontslag nam. "Denk aan de film 2001: A Space Odyssey en HAL 9000, de supercomputer die een conversatie voert met David. In feite maken we een equivalent van HAL. Het systeem kan vragenbeantwoorden zoals: wat denkt X over Y?"
Dat een geheime dienst over een dergelijke superintelligente machine beschikt, kan volgens Bamford "een nachtmerrie worden voor de privacy en de burgerlijke vrijheden". Aquaint zal bijvoorbeeld kunnen bepalen wie sympathie heeft voor de antioorlogsbeweging. Het systeem kan die beslissingen nemen op basis van het soort boeken dat iemand online bestelt, wat hij schrijft in chatrooms of welke websites hij bezoekt.
Daarin meldt journalist "GT" dat de Amerikaanse inlichtingendienst National Security Agency (NSA) werkt aan een systeem dat bedoeld is om te weten wat mensen denken. Dat onthulde NSA-kenner James Bamford in het tv-programma The Spy Factory.
Het systeem Aquaint (Advanced Question Answering for Intelligence) wordt ontwikkeld door de afdeling Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), het laboratorium voor nieuwe technologieën van de grootste en minst bekende geheime dienst van de VS. NSA zit ook achter Echelon, het satelietspionagesysteem dat telecommunicatie kan afluisteren.
Het Aquaintsysteem zal het volledige internet en duizenden gegevensbestanden kunnen gebruiken om antwoorden te geven op vragen die de inlichtingendienst stelt. Omdat er alsmaar meer gegevens worden verzameld, via telefoongesprekken, betaalkaarten, socialenetwerksites, gps-toestellen, gsm's en internetzoekopdrachten kan het mogelijk worden na te gaan waar mensen zijn, wat ze doen en zelfs hoe ze denken.
"De technologie van Aquaint gedraagt zich als een robot, die ingewikkelde vraagstukken kan begrijpen en beantwoorden", verklaart een researcher die jaren voor het project heeft gewerkt, maar omwille van morele bezwaren ontslag nam. "Denk aan de film 2001: A Space Odyssey en HAL 9000, de supercomputer die een conversatie voert met David. In feite maken we een equivalent van HAL. Het systeem kan vragenbeantwoorden zoals: wat denkt X over Y?"
Dat een geheime dienst over een dergelijke superintelligente machine beschikt, kan volgens Bamford "een nachtmerrie worden voor de privacy en de burgerlijke vrijheden". Aquaint zal bijvoorbeeld kunnen bepalen wie sympathie heeft voor de antioorlogsbeweging. Het systeem kan die beslissingen nemen op basis van het soort boeken dat iemand online bestelt, wat hij schrijft in chatrooms of welke websites hij bezoekt.
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HAL TWO- NSA'S NEW THOUGHT POLICE
« on: February 06, 2009, 10:33:08 PM »
http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2009/02/06.html
HAL TWO- NSA'S NEW THOUGHT POLICE
The Spy Factory
The NSA would essentially like to create the spy-agency equivalent of "HAL 9000," the computer in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey that converses with the astronaut David Bowman (played by Keir Dullea).
Remember that famous scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey when HAL, the master brain computer, would not let Dave back in the spacecraft, for fear that he would endanger the secret embedded mission, and Dave got in through the emergency port and began to dismantle Hal while Hal protested ~ Well, prepare yourself for the two new NSA systems that are designed to read peoples minds ~ as Hal read Dave's mind and lips in that outstanding and prophetic movie.Here is that classic seven minute segment along with HAL singing Daisy as he lost power ~ as well as an article on NSA's new Thought Police. Dailymotion - 2001 A Space Odyssey - Hal 9000 part 2, a video from ...
Dailymotion - 2001 A Space Odyssey - Hal 9000 part 2, a video from ...
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x4gr3z&related=0
Allen L Roland
***
The New Thought Police
The NSA Wants to Know How You Think ~ Maybe Even What You Think
by James Bamford
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spyfactory/police.html
EXCERPTS Building"Hal"
"The original goal of Aquaint, which dates back to the 1990s, was simply to develop a sophisticated method of picking the right needles out of a vast haystack of information and coming up with the answer to a question. As with TIA, many universities were invited to contribute brainpower to the project. But in the aftermath of the attacks on 9/11, with the creation of the NSA's secret warrantless eavesdropping program and the buildup of massive databases, the project began taking on a more urgent tone ... "
The technology behaves like a robot, understanding and answering complex questions," said a former Aquaint researcher. "Think of 2001: A Space Odyssey and the most memorable character, HAL 9000, having a conversation with David. We are essentially building this system. We are building HAL."
A naturalized U.S. citizen who received her Ph.D. from Columbia, the researcher worked on the program for several years but eventually left due to moral concerns. "The system can answer the question, 'What does X think about Y?'" she said. "Working for the government is great, but I don't like looking into other people's secrets. I am interested in helping people and helping physicians and patients for the quality of people's lives." The researcher now focuses on developing similar search techniques for the medical community.
Thought policemanA super smart search engine, capable of answering complex questions such as "What were the major issues in the last 10 presidential elections?" would be very useful for the public. But that same capability in the hands of an agency like the NSA ~ absolutely secret, often above the law, resistant to oversight, and with access to petabytes of private information about Americans ~ could be a privacy and civil liberties nightmare. "We must not forget that the ultimate goal is to transfer research results into operational use," said Aquaint project leader John Prange, in charge of information exploitation for IARPA. "
The Spy Factory
In George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984, a civil servant named Winston Smith (played in the 1955 movie by Edmond O'Brien, above) loses all privacy as Big Brother and his Thought Police bring him under constant surveillance. Is the NSA today's Big Brother?Let's hope we don't have to eventually dismantle HAL Two for going to the dark side of public control and manipulation.
Allen L Roland http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2009/02/06.html Freelance Alternative Press
Online columnist and psychotherapist Allen L Roland is available for comments, interviews, speaking engagements and private consultations ( allen@allenroland.com ).
Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com .
He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on http://www.conscioustalk.net/.
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HAL TWO- NSA'S NEW THOUGHT POLICE
« on: February 06, 2009, 10:33:08 PM »
http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2009/02/06.html
HAL TWO- NSA'S NEW THOUGHT POLICE
The Spy Factory
The NSA would essentially like to create the spy-agency equivalent of "HAL 9000," the computer in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey that converses with the astronaut David Bowman (played by Keir Dullea).
Remember that famous scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey when HAL, the master brain computer, would not let Dave back in the spacecraft, for fear that he would endanger the secret embedded mission, and Dave got in through the emergency port and began to dismantle Hal while Hal protested ~ Well, prepare yourself for the two new NSA systems that are designed to read peoples minds ~ as Hal read Dave's mind and lips in that outstanding and prophetic movie.Here is that classic seven minute segment along with HAL singing Daisy as he lost power ~ as well as an article on NSA's new Thought Police. Dailymotion - 2001 A Space Odyssey - Hal 9000 part 2, a video from ...
Dailymotion - 2001 A Space Odyssey - Hal 9000 part 2, a video from ...
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x4gr3z&related=0
Allen L Roland
***
The New Thought Police
The NSA Wants to Know How You Think ~ Maybe Even What You Think
by James Bamford
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spyfactory/police.html
EXCERPTS Building"Hal"
"The original goal of Aquaint, which dates back to the 1990s, was simply to develop a sophisticated method of picking the right needles out of a vast haystack of information and coming up with the answer to a question. As with TIA, many universities were invited to contribute brainpower to the project. But in the aftermath of the attacks on 9/11, with the creation of the NSA's secret warrantless eavesdropping program and the buildup of massive databases, the project began taking on a more urgent tone ... "
The technology behaves like a robot, understanding and answering complex questions," said a former Aquaint researcher. "Think of 2001: A Space Odyssey and the most memorable character, HAL 9000, having a conversation with David. We are essentially building this system. We are building HAL."
A naturalized U.S. citizen who received her Ph.D. from Columbia, the researcher worked on the program for several years but eventually left due to moral concerns. "The system can answer the question, 'What does X think about Y?'" she said. "Working for the government is great, but I don't like looking into other people's secrets. I am interested in helping people and helping physicians and patients for the quality of people's lives." The researcher now focuses on developing similar search techniques for the medical community.
Thought policemanA super smart search engine, capable of answering complex questions such as "What were the major issues in the last 10 presidential elections?" would be very useful for the public. But that same capability in the hands of an agency like the NSA ~ absolutely secret, often above the law, resistant to oversight, and with access to petabytes of private information about Americans ~ could be a privacy and civil liberties nightmare. "We must not forget that the ultimate goal is to transfer research results into operational use," said Aquaint project leader John Prange, in charge of information exploitation for IARPA. "
The Spy Factory
In George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984, a civil servant named Winston Smith (played in the 1955 movie by Edmond O'Brien, above) loses all privacy as Big Brother and his Thought Police bring him under constant surveillance. Is the NSA today's Big Brother?Let's hope we don't have to eventually dismantle HAL Two for going to the dark side of public control and manipulation.
Allen L Roland http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2009/02/06.html Freelance Alternative Press
Online columnist and psychotherapist Allen L Roland is available for comments, interviews, speaking engagements and private consultations ( allen@allenroland.com ).
Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com .
He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on http://www.conscioustalk.net/.
1 opmerking:
Kunnen achterhalen welke boeken iemand koopt etc. is nog iets anders dan iemands gedachten kunnen lezen. Men slaagt er amper in om spraaktechnologie van de grond te doen komen, dus m.i. is dit weer één van die hysterische opwerpingen van onze zelfverklaarde kwaliteitspers, die na een tweede lezing van de reeds gepubliceerde artikelen zijn staart moet intrekken. Zich beroepen op tv-programma's met de naam The Spy Factory en op fictiefilms boezemt wat mij betreft ook niet veel vertrouwen in. Entertainment!
Overigens met mijn beste groeten, Eric.
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