Robert Anton Wilson Quotes
Computer tech in general has brought us to the stage where producing a photo of a crime or even a moving picture of it does not prove a damned thing anymore. "I saw it with my own eyes" has become a bad joke.
Robert Anton Wilson, Futurist & Philosopher of Science, Thought for the Month
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More and more scientific researchers and technologists were using research tools that they did not fully understand and sometimes did not understand at all.
This is one of the great perceptions of what was to come in computing.
The panel addressed this fact because the implications for law enforcement, criminal justice and civil liberties are profound. Is an artificial intelligence system that is right most of the time allowable to determine the guilt or innocence of an individual "beyond a reasonable doubt?" Can a computer calculation be sufficient to establish probable cause to get a warrant for a search or seizure?
First use of the term robot to indicate an artificial human.
He was one of the fathers of modern computer science and the first serious programmer. Before there were computers generally available, he had programmed special IBM machines to crack the German’s “uncrackable” Enigma code.
A quantum computer is a radically different kind of computer that uses the physics of Quantum Mechanics—the latest of the large systemic Physics breakthroughs for which there has as yet been very little technology or practical applications. In theory quantum computing will be much more powerful and orders of magnitude faster than existing supercomputers.
The Computer was invented and fabricated by Charles Babbage and was called an “Analytical Engine” by him.
In 2006, the George W. Bush administration had contracted with Boeing for a $5 Billion network of motion sensors and camera towers on part of the Mexican border. This was after a 2004 previous contract for $2.5 billion had failed. The system did not work very reliably, often warning of border crossers that turned out to be small animals. The system was too complex for the staff of the border patrol to handle and unlike the military did not bring in or train highly technical personnel to replace the regular border patrol agents who were not very well educated and had a hard time learning the now digital technology. The Bush administration spent the first $1 Billion of the $5 Billion project when further failures finally persuaded the administration to end this failed scheme despite the President's statement herein.
Robert Anton Wilson was an American author, futurist and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized by Discordianism as a Pope and saint, Wilson helped publicize the group through his writings and interviews.
