A #BurnInBook Moment is a marker for when a trend, scene or tech from the book plays out in the real world. You can post your own moment or review with the hashtag #BurnInBook
“So we’re hoping to share important data on everything from, OK, how does #AI work, to as @august_cole mentioned, here’s how you need to think about the future of geopolitics.” @peterwsinger | @Militarydotcom
#FICINT #GhostFleet #BurnInBook #UsefulFiction
https://www.military.com/podcasts/left-of-boom/2021/04/20/wildest-technologies-changing-how-military-fights-peter-singer-august-cole.html
“We want the ability to think creatively about how to use a piece of equipment, a process, or an idea differently to further our goal. Science fiction has the uncanny ability to lead us directly there.”
#BurnInBook
Innovation is the lifeblood of success. It feeds our ability to adapt and conquer our environment whether on a battlefield or in a boardroom.
https://fromthegreennotebook.com/2021/04/18/developing-innovators-science-fiction-beyond-the-convention-center/
More than 7,000 individuals from 1,803 publicly funded agencies have run searches using Clearview AI, a commercially-available facial recognition system, in many cases without superiors’ knowledge or approval
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/clearview-ai-local-police-facial-recognition?utm_source=Center%2Bfor%2BSecurity%2Band%2BEmerging%2BTechnology&utm_campaign=c9eaa7627c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_04_15_01_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fcbacf8c3e-c9eaa7627c-57826925
#BurnInBook
“It took 4 hours for fire officials to put out the flames. Inside the 2019 Model S, police said, they found 2 passengers dead — and discovered that neither was driving the Tesla at the time of the crash”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/19/tesla-texas-driverless-crash/
HT @Lenny_Mendonca
#BurnInBook moment
Welcome to the future. It is now. #BurnInBook
Nah they really got these robot police dogs in NYC. This is wild
Your #BurnInBook moment of the day…
How (and why) cyber specialists hacked a North American utility’s smart meter https://www.cyberscoop.com/mandiant-utility-hack-smart-meter-red-team/
EU to consider ban on using A.I. for mass surveillance and social credit scores
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/15/eu-considers-ban-on-ai-for-mass-surveillance-social-credit-scores.html
#BurnInBook moment
Spoke today to U of Chicago MBA program about #BurnInBook (which is on their course reading list –a novel on a MBA reading list!) and the broader work of useful fiction.
“Oh the places you will go”
#Ficint
@peterwsinger speaks in our New Venture Strategy class in a few minutes. It’s going to be great!