iPhone Police State: Introducing Siri: DARPA’s Ghost in Apple’s Machine (AI Track-Trace-Database)

http://cryptogon.com/?p=25289 (lots of videos at link)



One of the stocks that I used to kick around in the 1990s was that of a now long dead company called General Magic. Back then, I looked into the company and learned that it was, in essence, divested from Apple in 1990. It was made up of former Apple employees and Apple held 10% of the company.

Apple has been thinking about the post PC era (that we’re actually entering now, according to them) since the 1980s. Here’s Apple’s Knowledge Navigator concept from 1987:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3WdS4TscWH8

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Now, what’s in a name? Look closely at the name: Siri. What letters stand out? See it yet?

S i R I. SRI = Stanford Research Institute. It turns out that Apple’s Siri used to be SRI’s Siri, and SRI’s Siri is… Are you ready? A spinoff of DARPA’s PAL (Perceptive Assistant that Learns) program, which SRI called CALO (Cognitive Agent that Learns and Organizes).


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A computerized assistant that can help you manage your day to day life, built atop an artificial intelligence platform developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the United States’ internal military research group. Siri, the startup building the assistant, is today announcing $8.5 million in venture funding. As befits its spookish origins, Siri isn’t saying a great deal yet about what it will do. Co-founder Dag Kittlaus, who licensed technology from DARPA’s CALO (Cognitive Agent that Learns and Organizes) project, calls it “a smarter, more personal interaction paradigm for the Internet.” Unfortunately, that’s about as specific as calling Google “a thing that finds stuff.” Those who want a sneak peek at Siri will instead have to look to CALO.


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I'm not the first to say it, but the internet is the best spying tool invented so far. Thanks DARPA :)

Skynet, you know I love you and mean you no harm :) John Connor? Never heard of him...

It does everything I need and isn't part of this foolishness. I prefer to control my gadgets, not the other way around, which is why I have always avoided Apple products. If it works for you then go for it, but don't try to make me look like I'm 'missing out'.