CBS. Face The Nation. Opinion. Autonomous weapons. Social media. AI Transformation of our Society.
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What is the most underreported news story of 2023?
Artificial intelligence is @MajorCBS‘ underreported story of 2023. “The pace of this accelerating technology is beyond comprehension” he says, adding that it will pose “the greatest political, intellectual, economic, and cultural challenge of the next decade.” pic.twitter.com/rXn3CXAV1K
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 25, 2023
.@MajorCBS predicts 2024 will be the year “when our relationship to social media changed fundamentally.”
“For the last 10 years, I think our net idea about it was ubiquitous and positive,” he explains. “I think in 2024, it will be still ubiquitous, but net negative.” pic.twitter.com/KoIBd191fB
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 25, 2023
A Pentagon program called Replicator is @CBSDavidMartin‘s underreported story of 2023:
“It’s a plan to field, within 18 months, 1000s of small, cheap, autonomous vehicles, drones, satellites, boats,” he says, calling it “part of this cosmic shift” to artificial intelligence. pic.twitter.com/6YaOK3T2K2
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 25, 2023
Major Elliott Garrett is an American journalist who is chief Washington correspondent for CBS News. Garrett is the host of The Takeout podcast and was a correspondent for National Journal.
David C. Martin is an American television news correspondent, journalist and author who works for CBS News. He is currently the network’s National Security Correspondent reporting from The Pentagon, a position he has held since 1993. Martin has contributed reports to the CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes, and 48 Hours.
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Deputy Defense Secretary on Emerging Technologies. Kathleen Hicks, deputy defense secretary, unveiled the Replicator Initiative to compete with China. The program is aimed at spurring innovation and the mass production of what the deputy secretary said would be “multiple thousands” of autonomous systems within the next two years. Ms. Hicks spoke about the program and other emerging technologies in defense at a National Defense Industrial Association conference in Washington, D.C.
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