We’re all afraid of "identity theft," and being spied on by our computers and smartphones–and even our toys–is becoming commonplace. If you want to learn how to protect your property, talk to a convicted burglar. If you want to conserve what’s left of your privacy, consult a convicted hacker. Convicted cybercriminal Kevin Mitnick can tell us how to avoid falling prey to hackers like him.
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Everyone is spying on everyone else (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show): Robert Murdoch’s News Corporation has gotten into trouble for hacking into the phones of politicians, royalty, and the relatives of 911 victims and the parents of a murdered little girl. WickiLeaks has gotten into trouble for hacking into military and government internet communications. Twitter is judging you.
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When we think of war, we think of the number of "boots on the ground" we have in Iraq and Afghanistan, but this type of war is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Instead, future wars will be fought with remote-controlled drones and computers. This has probably already happened: The computers that control Iran’s nuclear arsenal were recently hacked into around a year ago, probably by Israel.
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You can teach your computer poetry and slang, but you haven’t finished its education until you’ve taught it how to listen to music. Artificial intelligence researchers have teamed up with musicians on an unlikely project: a digital conductor of improvised avant-garde performances. But WHY? Researcher Selmer Bringsjord says, "A conductor that could guide such performances must be capable of “high-level reasoning. “Is there a way to render in formal logic and reasoning what Leonard Bernstein does? We will need to capture what the musicians are doing in a musical calculus.read more