The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA – the innovation arm of the U.S. military – is aiming to answer these thorny questions by outsourcing the decision-making process to artificial intelligence.

On the surface, the idea of DARPA AI making split-second decisions on the battlefield in the time of war might seem like a good idea. On the other hand, the idea of DARPA AI making split-second decisions on the battlefield in the time of war seems like a terrible idea. What this actually is is another giant step towards having autonomous robot armies who can fire weapons at their own discretion. Feeling safe, yet?

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Here’s a DARPA fun fact, the same man who created the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is the exact same man who also warned us about the Military Industrial Complex. How’s that for irony? When it finally all comes down, it will be DARPA inserting the microchips in the back of people’s right hand. They do a lot of work with microchips in the brain right now. DARPA was also instrumental with the COVID vaccine, so you do the math, but I see how it all adds up.

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The military wants DARPA AI to replace human decision-making in battle

FROM GREENWICH TIME: Through a new program, called In the Moment, it wants to develop technology that would make quick decisions in stressful situations using algorithms and data, arguing that removing human biases may save lives, according to details from the program’s launch this month.

Though the program is in its infancy, it comes as other countries try to update a centuries-old system of medical triage, and as the U.S. military increasingly leans on technology to limit human error in war. But the solution raises red flags among some experts and ethicists who wonder if AI should be involved when lives are at stake.

“AI is great at counting things,” Sally A. Applin, a research fellow and consultant who studies the intersection between people, algorithms and ethics, said in reference to the DARPA program. “But I think it could set a precedent by which the decision for someone’s life is put in the hands of a machine.”

Founded in 1958 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, DARPA is among the most influential organizations in technology research, spawning projects that have played a role in numerous innovations, including the Internet, GPS, weather satellites and, more recently, Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine. But its history with AI has mirrored the field’s ups and downs. In 1960s, the agency made advances in natural language processing, and getting computers to play games such as chess. During the 1970s and 1980s, progress stalled, notably due to the limits in computing power.

“DARPA envisions a future in which machines are more than just tools,” the agency said in announcing the AI Next program. “The machines DARPA envisions will function more as colleagues than as tools.”

Since the 2000s, as graphics cards have improved, computing power has become cheaper and cloud computing has boomed, the agency has seen a resurgence in using artificial intelligence for military applications. In 2018, it dedicated $2 billion, through a program called AI Next, to incorporate AI in over 60 defense projects, signifying how central the science could be for future fighters. READ MORE

Listen To This From The Man That Created DARPA

On Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower gave the nation a dire warning about what he described as a threat to democratic government. He called it the military-industrial complex, a formidable union of defense contractors and the armed forces. We urge you to watch the entire speech in it’s context, but the good stuff begins at the 06:45 mark.

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What you are watching is a clip from the 1999 movie Revelation 2: Apocalypse. As with most Christian movies from that time period, the acting is so-so, and the production values mediocre. But what will BLOW YOU AWAY is watching how they connect the Mark of the Beast with Virtual Reality, and then reading this story on Facebook buying CTRL-Labs so they can add thought control to their Virtual Reality Oculus.

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The U.S. government secret project agency DARPA is working on an atomic rocket to send satellites into the vast space between Earth and the moon—before Beijing gets there with its own spacecraft.

Regular readers of NTEB are well aware of DARPA, or the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is the brains behind all sorts of interesting projects. Really cool stuff like high-altitude surveillance balloons, implantable RFID microchips in the brain, and armies made from robot soldiers. Yeah, DARPA is pretty interesting to say the least.

Now DARPA is asking the Pentagon to give them lots of money to create an atomic rocket capable of launching satellites in the deep cislunar space between Earth and the moon, and they want to do it before the Chinese get there with their own spacecraft. Certainly the nation that could control that area of space would wield a lot of power in the cyber age where wars are fought with drones and computers. DARPA is always up to something, which is we are always watching DARPA. Game on.

DARPA Wants Millions For Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations Program

FROM THE DAILY BEAST: The Pentagon and DARPA want to extend the reach of its satellites tens of thousands miles toward the moon. And it’s working on a high-tech, atomic-powered “nuclear thermal propulsion” engine to make it possible.

The military’s goal is to deploy maneuverable satellites into the vast space between the Earth and the moon—“cislunar” space, it’s called—before China gets there with its own spacecraft. But this isn’t the first time the U.S. government has tried to develop an atomic rocket. And there’s no guarantee the same problems that ended previous efforts won’t also scuttle this one.

“The capability afforded by [nuclear thermal propulsion] will expand the operating presence of the U.S. in space to the cislunar volume and enhance domestic operations to a new high-ground, which is in danger of being defined by the adversary,” the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, which oversees the atomic rocket effort, explained in its budget proposal.

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The U.S. and Chinese space agencies and even private corporations are eager to mine the moon for minerals that could support deep-space missions, potentially including humanity’s first trip to Mars.

“An agile nuclear thermal propulsion vehicle enables the Defense Department  to maintain space domain awareness of the burgeoning activity within this vast volume,” Jared Adams, a DARPA spokesperson, told The Daily Beast.

DARPA budget request for 2021, which the agency released in early February, asks for $21 million for the “Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations” program, or DRACO.

Congress gave DARPA $10 million in 2020 to start studying the DRACO engine. The 2021 budget would allow the agency to start building components. The plan is for DARPA to test DRACO before handing it over to the U.S. Air Force for routine operations.

The military’s nuclear thermal propulsion project is a virtual twin of a similar NASA program that’s a couple of years older.

DRACO is what experts call a “high-assay low-enriched uranium nuclear-thermal propulsion system.” Basically, it’s a small nuclear reactor atop a space rocket. The reactor heats up a propellant—hydrogen, for example—that accelerates through a nozzle, pushing the satellite in the opposite direction.

Nuclear-thermal engines aren’t for launching from Earth’s surface. They’re for cruising long distances through space or maneuvering a lot while keeping closer to Earth.

The moon is 240,000 miles from Earth. Most man-made satellites orbit no more than a few thousand miles from Earth’s surface. The United States and China are both in a scramble to fill that gap.  READ MORE

3 Of The Strangest Projects DARPA Has Worked On

DARPA, or the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is tasked with exploring some far out science and technology projects to benefit the United States. Since its inception in 1958, it’s been credited with a number of inventions you probably use every day, but it also has worked on some weird stuff that never really came to fruition.

The ABCs of DARPA

DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is known for the wide range of research and development programs it runs to open pathways toward technologies that can further the cause of national security. Each program is most often known by its very own acronym, so for all those returning to school, or just to their normal post-summer routines, DARPA offers its own version of the ABCs.

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Secretive U.S. government agency DARPA that birthed the network which ultimately became the Internet is apparently in need of an underground lair. And fast — by today, to be specific.

DARPA is one of those groups responsible for keeping the conspiracy theory business alive and kicking, and over the years we have reported to you fairly heavily on their activities. Projects like the 6-state balloon surveillance system so the government can monitor its citizens, placing microchips in people’s brains, creating soldier robots called’ Atlas’, and so much more fun and games. You can view the full list here.

Now they have tweeted out that they need to make an ‘immediate purchase’, by today actually, of a lightly-used massive underground tunnel complex so they can “help first responders” who answer calls in tunnels. Hmm. 🤔 If it’s only going to be used to train first responders, what’s the rush? Why does it have to be purchased by today? Something tells me that a false flag is getting ready to start flapping in the breeze.

But thank you, DARPA, for all that you do in keeping conspiracy theory alive and real. And, oh, just wondering, when DARPA was created, did you guys use any of the Nazi war criminals who created NASA to help build your agency? Asking for a friend, thanks.

Secretive US government agency DARPA needs ‘underground lair’ by Friday

FROM FOX NEWS: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which has famously been involved in a range of projects, including neural implants for U.S. soldiers, made its need known in a Wednesday tweet that prompted some suspicious replies.

“Attention, city dwellers! We’re interested in identifying university-owned or commercially managed underground urban tunnels & facilities able to host research & experimentation,” the tweet read, adding, “It’s short notice, we’re asking for responses by Aug. 30 at 5:00 PM ET.”

The tweet included a link to a Request for Information (RFI) form and some stark images: a subway station devoid of humans, a dark parking garage and some type of underground bunker. The government agency elaborated a bit in a second tweet. One person responded, “This sounds both exciting and ominous,” to which the DARPA account replied, “Even to us.”

Attention, city dwellers! We’re interested in identifying university-owned or commercially managed underground urban tunnels & facilities able to host research & experimentation. https://t.co/tHZ1Tqy5nV

It’s short notice… We’re asking for responses by Aug. 30 at 5:00 PM ET. pic.twitter.com/TSWO07bJam

— DARPA (@DARPA) August 28, 2019

Although the solicitation might conjure dystopian visions or zombie-apocalypse preparations, a representative for DARPA told Fox News that the request is related to finding locations for its Subterranean Challenge Urban Circuit – a competition that’s examining new approaches and technologies that could help first responders and the military navigate tunnels, the urban underground and cave networks.

“Per the announcement on the Federal Business Opportunities website, the RFI is intended solely for information and planning purposes, and does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals. Complex urban underground infrastructure can present significant challenges for situational awareness in time-sensitive scenarios, such as active combat operations or disaster response,” Jared Adams, DARPA’s chief of communications, told Fox News via email.

One Twitter user joked, “We are definitely not looking for new places to keep all the Demogorgons,” referencing the monster in “Stranger Things.”

DARPA responded with this: “Please. Demogorgons are such a Department of Energy thing.” READ MORE

DARPA helped create the internet. Here’s what they’re working on now

In 1958, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency helped put the first weather satellite into space. This year, DARPA celebrates 60 years of stunning inventions that have kept the United States on the cutting edge of technology. Kylie Atwood reports.

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