Bots, Artificial Intelligence, and Privacy

Soob’s blog yesterday links to Daniel Suarez’s presentation regarding web bots and their impact on privacy.  Suarez discusses the problems of a small group of people who design these bots for their own purposes, and then sometimes move on to other endeavors, while their bots continue to survive in the Internet.  Machine to Machine communications will soon surpass Human communications on the Net.

The full video, 1 hour 20 minutes is below.   It’s an interesting picture of the growth of machine to machine communications and artificial intelligence.

VIDEO: Daniel Suarez: Daemon-Bot Mediated Reality

“Hey Dude, that’s my Cactus!”

Feds to use computer chips to foil cactus thieves

By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN – 2 days ago

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Anyone thinking of swiping a stately saguaro cactus from the desert could soon be hauling off more than just a giant plant.

National Park Service officials plan to imbed microchips in Arizona’s signature plant to protect them from thieves who rip them from the desert to sell them to landscapers, nurseries and homeowners.

The primary objective is deterrence, but the chips also will aid in tracking down and identifying stolen saguaros, said Bob Love, chief ranger at southern Arizona’s Saguaro National Park.  Read full article…