Located at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, the Center for Security and Emerging Technology focuses on the security impacts of emerging technologies. The center supports academic research in the field security and emerging technologies, and provides nonpartisan analysis for policymakers. CSET's mission is to train the next generation policymakers and analysts as well as diplomats. Read on to learn more about CSET. These are just a few highlights from the center's research.
Center for Security and Emerging Technology
Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology recently received a $55,000,000 grant from Open Philanthropy Project in order to start the new thinktank. This group is dedicated policy research at both the national and international borders. Jason Matheny, its director, was previously director of Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity or AIRPA. Matheny has a vision to help policymakers better understand new technologies' security implications and the potential threats to society.
Lead Analyst
You will be a Lead Analyst for the CSET Georgetown and conduct surveys on U.S.-China S&T Competition and global movement of emerging technology talent. As a CSET analyst, you will collaborate with Professor William Hannas to create and execute survey projects. His research is at the Center. He is also active in the university’s student government. His research interests span from cybersecurity to foreign policy and domestic politics.
Director of Data Science
Catherine Aiken serves as the Director for Data Science at CSET Georgetown. She graduated with a B.A. In Mathematics, she received her Master's in Data Science and her B.A. Prior to joining CSET she was the Communications Manager and did human-subject research at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She has a B.A. in political science, and her doctorate is in political sciences from the University of Maryland. from Georgetown University.
Faculty
The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service welcomes applications for the Gracias Family Chair Security and Emerging Technology. This position will include administrative and teaching responsibilities, and possibly affiliation with Science, Technology, and International Affairs Program. This position could be used to further the strategic vision of the School. For more information, visit the CSET Georgetown webpage. The deadline to apply is June 15, 2018
Subgrantees
Nearly $100 million has been awarded to the Center for Science and Technology at Georgetown University. The Center is funded by contributions from other organizations and foundations like the Bill and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The Center will be able to sustain itself for the next twenty years with the new grant. It will also have the ability to expand its research capabilities and inform policymakers about emerging technologies. The Center is committed to advancing science and technology for the benefit of humanity, and a large donation will go a long way toward ensuring the future of CSET.
FAQ
AI is it good?
AI is seen both positively and negatively. AI allows us do more things in a shorter time than ever before. Programming programs that can perform word processing and spreadsheets is now much easier than ever. Instead, we ask our computers for these functions.
On the negative side, people fear that AI will replace humans. Many people believe that robots will become more intelligent than their creators. This means they could take over jobs.
What is the most recent AI invention
Deep Learning is the latest AI invention. Deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence, uses neural networks (a type machine learning) for tasks like image recognition, speech recognition and language translation. It was invented by Google in 2012.
Google was the latest to use deep learning to create a computer program that can write its own codes. This was accomplished using a neural network named "Google Brain," which was trained with a lot of data from YouTube videos.
This enabled it to learn how programs could be written for itself.
IBM announced in 2015 the creation of a computer program which could create music. Another method of creating music is using neural networks. These are known as "neural networks for music" or NN-FM.
Which industries are using AI most?
The automotive industry was one of the first to embrace AI. BMW AG uses AI for diagnosing car problems, Ford Motor Company uses AI for self-driving vehicles, and General Motors uses AI in order to power its autonomous vehicle fleet.
Banking, insurance, healthcare and retail are all other AI industries.
What does AI do?
An algorithm refers to a set of instructions that tells computers how to solve problems. An algorithm can be described in a series of steps. Each step must be executed according to a specific condition. A computer executes each instructions sequentially until all conditions can be met. This repeats until the final outcome is reached.
For example, let's say you want to find the square root of 5. You could write down each number between 1-10 and calculate the square roots for each. Then, take the average. You could instead use the following formula to write down:
sqrt(x) x^0.5
This means that you need to square your input, divide it with 2, and multiply it by 0.5.
Computers follow the same principles. It takes your input, multiplies it with 0.5, divides it again, subtracts 1 then outputs the result.
Who created AI?
Alan Turing
Turing was first born in 1912. His father was clergyman and his mom was a nurse. He was an exceptional student of mathematics, but he felt depressed after being denied by Cambridge University. He started playing chess and won numerous tournaments. He worked as a codebreaker in Britain's Bletchley Park, where he cracked German codes.
1954 was his death.
John McCarthy
McCarthy was born in 1928. He was a Princeton University mathematician before joining MIT. The LISP programming language was developed there. By 1957 he had created the foundations of modern AI.
He died in 2011.
Statistics
- A 2021 Pew Research survey revealed that 37 percent of respondents who are more concerned than excited about AI had concerns including job loss, privacy, and AI's potential to “surpass human skills.” (builtin.com)
- While all of it is still what seems like a far way off, the future of this technology presents a Catch-22, able to solve the world's problems and likely to power all the A.I. systems on earth, but also incredibly dangerous in the wrong hands. (forbes.com)
- In the first half of 2017, the company discovered and banned 300,000 terrorist-linked accounts, 95 percent of which were found by non-human, artificially intelligent machines. (builtin.com)
- In 2019, AI adoption among large companies increased by 47% compared to 2018, according to the latest Artificial IntelligenceIndex report. (marsner.com)
- According to the company's website, more than 800 financial firms use AlphaSense, including some Fortune 500 corporations. (builtin.com)
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How To
How to Set Up Amazon Echo Dot
Amazon Echo Dot connects to your Wi Fi network. This small device allows you voice command smart home devices like fans, lights, thermostats and thermostats. To listen to music, news and sports scores, all you have to do is say "Alexa". Ask questions, send messages, make calls, place calls, add events to your calendar, play games and read the news. You can also get driving directions, order food from restaurants or check traffic conditions. Bluetooth headphones or Bluetooth speakers can be used in conjunction with the device. This allows you to enjoy music from anywhere in the house.
Your Alexa-enabled devices can be connected to your TV with a HDMI cable or wireless connector. One wireless adapter is required for each TV to allow you to use your Echo Dot on multiple TVs. You can also pair multiple Echos at once, so they work together even if they aren't physically near each other.
These are the steps you need to follow in order to set-up your Echo Dot.
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Turn off the Echo Dot
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Connect your Echo Dot via its Ethernet port to your Wi Fi router. Make sure that the power switch is off.
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Open Alexa on your tablet or smartphone.
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Select Echo Dot in the list.
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Select Add New.
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Select Echo Dot (from the drop-down) from the list.
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Follow the instructions on the screen.
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When asked, enter the name that you would like to be associated with your Echo Dot.
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Tap Allow access.
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Wait until the Echo Dot successfully connects to your Wi Fi.
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Do this again for all Echo Dots.
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Enjoy hands-free convenience!