Just let DARPA be DARPA...

...and the coolest things happen.

DARPA and the Drones

a reply to: Riffrafter

That is a novel use of technology - very impressive. Thanks for sharing this

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Gremlins.....

This will end well.

originally posted by: grey580
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Gremlins.....

This will end well.

"Bright light"...

...and humanity's end is upon us.

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Let DARPA be DARPA?

How about hell no? How about limiting the power DARPA has to operate in secret, so that no more of its inventions can be used to contravene aspects of the constitution, by way of increasing yet further, the reach of mass surveillance initiatives, and spying programs and methods? How about sticking a livestreaming webcam in the face of every one of its employees, even the janitor, so that they cannot continue to research and develop tools for performing tasks which no freedom loving person would ever endorse or agree to the necessity for?

How about that?

originally posted by: TrueBrit
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Let DARPA be DARPA?

How about hell no? How about limiting the power DARPA has to operate in secret, so that no more of its inventions can be used to contravene aspects of the constitution, by way of increasing yet further, the reach of mass surveillance initiatives, and spying programs and methods? How about sticking a livestreaming webcam in the face of every one of its employees, even the janitor, so that they cannot continue to research and develop tools for performing tasks which no freedom loving person would ever endorse or agree to the necessity for?

How about that?

I hear you but...

Unicorns & rainbows.

That is simply not the world we live in. To not innovate would be the true crime.

And BTW - if not for DARPA, *none* of us would even be able to have this discussion. They, not Al Gore, invented the internet via ARPANet.

You can look it up...

originally posted by: Riffrafter

That is simply not the world we live in. To not innovate would be the true crime.

Right. So encourage them to continue to go completely off the rails to the tune of building Skynet to wipe us all out. Got "terrorists" out there what else we gonna do?

originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
...and humanity's end is upon us.

Ummm...nevermind.

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They did, and now their techs are weaponising the system and turning it against the people, invading privacy without warrants, which makes them traitors to the principles of the nation which birthed the DARPA project in the first place.

originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss

originally posted by: Riffrafter

That is simply not the world we live in. To not innovate would be the true crime.

Right. So encourage them to continue to go completely off the rails to the tune of building Skynet to wipe us all out. Got "terrorists" out there what else we gonna do?

Not true - where do you hear all this stuff?

DARPA is an independent body under the DoD who for the most part are actually very successful in their mission: to make pivotal investments in breakthrough technologies for national security. Often, those techs also make their way into the commercial sector to everyone's benefit.

DARPA Wiki


Or do you believe that a nation shouldn't leverage technologies for purposes of national security?

Like it or not - we are a target. To not do this would be just plain stupid.

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THat's what they're building. Since like the day after 9/11. All those words, the images, the animations, that's all from DARPA / DOD sources. 100%. It is the Official Version. I merely combined it as one over that music for it.

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Dude I've been up their arse since 2005.

See here:
www.abovetopsecret.com...

Apologies for the images being down. Not too long after I did that piece my paid photobucket account, and youtube account were both zapped with no reason and no recourse (both in a 2 week window).

originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
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THat's what they're building. Since like the day after 9/11. All those words, the images, the animations, that's all from DARPA / DOD sources. 100%. It is the Official Version. I merely combined it as one over that music for it.

I know.

I've worked with them on some of the AI aspects of the project. Not in a direct way - indirectly via my current assignment. And only on design ideas.

And nice job on the vid, BTW.

originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
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THat's what they're building. Since like the day after 9/11.

See here:
www.abovetopsecret.com...

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Thanks.

Ya they're whole model is compartmentalization taken to the extreme. Every lab from corporate to national to university does little 'modules' for this 'AGI Manhattan Project'.

$10+ trillion unaccounted for at the Pentagon.... Hmmmmm...

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Apologies for the images being down.

Ain't technology wonderful?

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It shouldn't leverage technologies which harm the liberty of citizens, under the blanket of national security, and that means no to the drones, to the backdoors in tech, to the routes by which the government routinely violates the constitution that its employees are meant to protect with their lives.

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And this coverage is only on one camera platform....Imagine dozens if not hundreds of drones....

Crazy tech...Like Minority report but just working backwards to solve the crime.

Jam RESISTANT......I wonder for how long it will resist.