Sep 25, 2017

Daily Mail | Sep 18, 2017 | US military invests $900 million on the next generation microchips capable of powering killer AI robots | Blogger: Russia attempt to break down the walls to save humanity against AI takeover, defense industry trying to build them again for control, power and profit. Who will win? ( State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin says that laws regulating relations between humans and robots must be passed in the near future, as part of wider legislative reforms caused by the rapid development of digital technology) ... |

Advanced AI systems of the future will need more powerful chips to allow them to process vast amounts of data. The US military announced it is investing $900 million on materials and technologies to make these processors a reality (stock image from The Terminator)

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced six new projects
  • It will spend $75 million (£55 million) each year on three research aims
  • It hopes to enable Moore's law to continue to apply to micro-processing power
  • This predicts that computing power will double roughly every two years
  • New technologies will be needed for the creation of advanced AI systems

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4894530/US-military-creating-microchips-killer-robots.html#ixzz4thpPZn00