Privacy, AWS

What are cookies used for?

• Track users across websites

• for advertising

Privacy concerns with cookies

• companies build detailed profiles of users without permission

• share data with third parties

Data mining

• analyzing large data sets to find patterns, information

Why does deep learning require so much data?

• more complex machine learning model

• more data needed for accuracy 

Where is data mining used?

• business analytics 

• advertising 

• fraud detection

What event increased government surveillance?

• 9/11 attacks

What act expanded U.S surveillance powers after 9/11

• USA Patriot act 

What was PRISM

• secret NSA program that allowed access to data from faang companies 

• revealed by snowden

What kinds of data is PRISM detect

• search history

• emails

• chats

• files

Why is USA surveillance so powerfull globally?

• Worlds data traffic routes through the US

Progression from data to power

Data → Knowledge → Power

Lethal Autonomous Weapon system(LAWS)

• weapon system that can identify and kill targets without human intervention

Three revolutions in warfare

• gunpowder

• nuclear weapons

• Autonomous weapon system(AWS)

Full AWS cycle of killing 

• search for target

• track target

• kill target

Example of fire-and-forget drone 

• Israeli harpy drone 

Maduro incident 

• attempted drone assassination of venezualan president Nicolas Maduro

Why is Russia-Ukraine a drone war

• drones are primary method of combat 

key effect of drones in combat

• killing zone becomes larger and more dangerous

characteristics of drone swarm

• work as team

• provide mutual support 

• very destructive and cheap

ethical dilemma with AWS

• is it morally acceptible for AI to decide human lives 

• would it encourage killing/revenge

accountability problem with AWS

• unclear who is responsible when system makes a mistake 

approaches to regulate AWS

• require human component

• outright ban

• regulations on use 

drawback of human involvement in AWS

• slower

• reduced precision

why would AWS ban be difficult

• major powers(USA, UK) would oppose

benefits of AWS

• save soldier lives

• avoid killing civilians

• used defensively against assassins