Thu 01 Mar 2012, 6:00pm | Winstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College
Professor Sir David Omand (King's College London; Former Director of GCHQ) speaks on
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In the talk I will look at the way that successive technological advances have shaped the past world of secret intelligence and suggest that the process continues with the application of digital technologies to intelligence access and analysis. I shall examine some of the ethical issues that recent developments have created and suggest a model for examining the limits that society should impose on their use for public security.
Intelligence and Security in a Digital AgeIn the talk I will look at the way that successive technological advances have shaped the past world of secret intelligence and suggest that the process continues with the application of digital technologies to intelligence access and analysis. I shall examine some of the ethical issues that recent developments have created and suggest a model for examining the limits that society should impose on their use for public security.
David OmandKing's College London; Former Director of GCHQ A concept we refer to as the biological constraint is shown to be able where id=11;
to explain the effectiveness of mathematical descriptions of the
universe, as well as accounting for the origin of life and our ability
to think logically. The biological constraint, which can be studied
systematically through the use of appropriate models, refers to
selection in the biological realm in favour of mechanisms that have wide
applicability, a subset of which have mathematical character that can
evolve to ever subtler forms. The precise conformance of physical
phenomena to precise mathematical laws is related to the enforcement of
symmetry.
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