With cryptography, the government attempted to delay mainstream access to the technology—so they could benefit from using it. It would be interesting to know if they are doing the same to mainstream machine intelligence efforts—for example, via intellectual property laws and secrecy orders.
With cryptography, the government attempted to delay mainstream access to the technology—so they could benefit from using it. It would be interesting to know if they are doing the same to mainstream machine intelligence efforts—for example, via intellectual property laws and secrecy orders.
Can you recommend any good histories of the government’s attempts to delay mainstream access to new cryptographic techniques?
James Bamford’s books in this area are very readable:
The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America’s Most Secret Intelligence Organization
Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency
The classic history of the field is this one, but you’ll get some coverage of the topic in practically any popular book on cryptography.