Recorded May 21, 2023. In this free episode, Adam and Peter discuss the Walgreens guard killing of Banko Brown, African leaders’ peace summit with Ukraine and Russia, and the rise of AI warfare.
Links:
Video shows Walgreens guard killing trans organizer Banko Brown as he left store https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/15/banko-brown-killed-walgreens-security-guard-video
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’s paid involvement in the Chesa Boudin recall https://sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/theyre-like-hillarys-emails-powerhouse-behind-boudin-recall-dismisses-ethics-concerns-over-brooke-jenkins/
African leaders plan peace summit with Ukraine and Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/europe/russia-ukraine-peace-ramaphosa-africa.html
AI warfare and killer robots
- US launches artificial intelligence military use initiative https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-china-the-hague-artificial-intelligence-d49c5fb442fa825e0a7a7419d6f04469
- Drone advances in Ukraine could bring dawn of killer robots https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drone-advances-6591dc69a4bf2081dcdd265e1c986203
- Killer robots are the future of warfare and the ‘inevitable next step’ in Russia’s long bloody invasion of Ukraine https://fortune.com/2023/02/21/killer-robots-a-i-future-warfare-russia-ukraine-invasion/
- How missiles and drones shape the future of the military https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiHFtubW4JM&ab_channel=CNBC
- How killer robotics are changing modern warfare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ8L5-gecho&ab_channel=TheGuardian
- How AI is driving a future of autonomous warfare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpwHszy7bMk&ab_channel=DWNews
- San Francisco bans killer robots, reverses plan to allow them https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/06/san-francisco-lawmakers-ban-killer-robots-u-turn; https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/7/23497922/killer-robot-policy-san-francisco-reversed
- SFPD may resubmit killer robot proposal https://abc7news.com/killer-robots-san-francisco-sfpd-deadly-force/12761983/
Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”
Peter MGunn – bass guitar
Adam Hudson – drums
Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/
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