http://bit.ly/dqsUPh – Promise & Perils of Technology: $2 million DARPA project to develop computers that can teach themselves to spot objects in a picture. (Before humans helped build feature sets–but computers build sets for themselves?)
NYTimes.com – a swarmish movement where Chinese work together online to track down people who have done something wrong. The “human flesh search engine.”
It is becoming easier and easier for governments to keep an eye on the people in their territory, and this has a direct impact on both the growth of the Christian church and the efforts of missionary workers. We noted this in passing in last issue’s chronology scan; in this issue, we will examine the [...]