*Obama’s NBIC (nano-bio-info-cogno convergence) Agenda.

http://change.gov/agenda/technology/: “America risks being left behind in the global economy: Revolutionary advances in information technology, biotechnology, nanotechnology and other fields are reshaping the global economy. Without renewed efforts, the United States risks losing leadership in science, technology and innovation. ” LINK MIRROR With all of his talk about “change”, is it only me who senses [...]

*Game developers targeted for AGI herding at Stanford AIIDE Conference.

“AIIDE is the definitive point of interaction between entertainment software developers interested in AI and academic and industrial AI researchers. Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)“, note in their own words, “the conference is targeted at both the research and commercial communities, promoting AI research and practice in the context [...]

-Internet black boxes to record every email and website visit.

So this is in the UK, but it’s my understanding that this is pretty much already standard procedure here in the US. There’s typically so much Orwellian 1984 Big Brother stuff going on in the UK that I usually don’t have time to report on it and wait until it comes here, but in this [...]

-Obama’s Council on Foreign Relations crew.

Add these names to their list below: William M. Daley – CFR – On Obama’s transitionary team. Daley currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Boeing, Merck & Co., Inc, Boston Properties, Inc., and Loyola University Chicago. In 1993, he served as special counsel to the President on issues relating to the passage of [...]