tomi@cwi.nl.UUCP (03/25/87)
In Article 1432 of mod.ai, Chris Elsaesser (elsaesser%mwcamis@MITRE.ARPA) submits a Call for Papers > Issues Concerning AI Applications To Battle Management > > University of Washington > Thursday, July 16, 1987 > > Sponsored by AAAI > > Success in applying AI technologies to battle management (e.g., production > and blackboard systems for sensor fusion, constraint propagation for > non-temporal planning tasks) has generated growing interest in the defense > community in developing intelligent battle management aids, workstations, > and systems. Along with this growing interest, there has been an order of > magnitude increase in funding for battle management AI projects (e.g., > Army-DARPA's Air-Land Battle Management, SAC-JSTPS-RADC-DARPA's > ....... First of all, I really feel doubts about the policy of AAAI to sponsor such a BLOODY nonsense, but since this is not the right place to criticize AAAI, I don't write about it. (Since I am a member of AAAI, I reserve my right to do so, though.) Now, I am strongly against such a posting circulated ALL AROUND THE WORLD through the net. Of course, I personally do hate such BLOODY research and at least I won't do such things. But, this is absolutely my personal opinion and I know that anyway I don't have power big enough to stop it. So, as far as it remains an AMERICAN MATTER, I don't bother guys over there. However, mod.ai is broadcasted to all over the world and I really do not want to see OUR computer networks are used to promote such BLOODY NONSENSE which may contribute only to destroying everything. I think this kind of postings should be even prohibited from the world wide net distribution. You (in plural) should be aware that there are lots of people who work hard for peace and many scientists and engineers are against the use of modern technology for military purposes even in the American AI community. --Tetsuo Tomiyama (UUCP: tomi@cwi.nl) [I don't believe that this message is offensive to the general AI community. I regret that it offends you, but can't censor all such material to suit your preferences. I can only offer you the same channel for stating your own position. AIList is a global channel. It could be limited to just the Arpanet, as it once was, but that would not be in the best interest of all involved. -- KIL]