December 2010 Archives

Docs Detail CIA's Cold War Hypnosis Push

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"It was an innocent time, the mid-1950s. America wasn't yet cynical about its geopolitical games in the Cold War. Case in point: In order to maintain its spying edge over the Russkies, the CIA considered the benefits of hypnosis."

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/12/cia-hypnosis/

The A.I. Revolution Is On

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"Diapers.com warehouses are a bit of a jumble. Boxes of pacifiers sit above crates of onesies, which rest next to cartons of baby food. In a seeming abdication of logic, similar items are placed across the room from one another. A person trying to figure out how the products were shelved could well conclude that no form of intelligence--except maybe a random number generator--had a hand in determining what went where."

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/12/ff_ai_essay_airevolution/

Masks so realistic they're arresting the wrong guy

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What does this tell us about the validity of eyewitness identification?

http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/~3/Xr4lMLA9NBA/la-fi-mask-20101209,0,6731334.story