[Tyler]

CMU Machine Learning Lab G-20 Protest
     


The G-20 protests have generated a lot of geeky news. In
additional to the usual tear gas grenades and stun grenades, this year's
G-20
protest marked the
first public use by the government of a 150
DB sound cannon against civilian protesters. The result was a call
for a DIY HERF gun that protesters could use to disable the sound
cannons. Next, the FBI
arrested Elliot Madison for using twitter to describe police
movements during the protests. (the EFF has just obtained the legal
documents for the Madison case) Now, we've heard that the CMU Machine Learning Lab has put on their
own G-20 protest, demanding attention be given to important AI
and robotics issues with such punchy slogans as "free variables",
"support vector machines", "repeal power laws",  "Baysians against
discrimination", "end duality gap", "ban genetic algorithms", and of
course, "Map reduce, map reuse, map recycle". Arthur Gretton shot some
nice photos of the protest, one of which is included above.
   

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