The Real News Network has the interview Cold War Radar System a Trillion Dollar Fraud – Lester Ernest on RAI (1/4).

Profit and deception drove cold-war militarization, says Lester Ernest, founder of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at Stanford; Ernest says the anti-nuclear bomber SAGE radar system never worked and carried on for 25 years – Lester Ernest on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay

Having grown up in Massachusetts and having gone to MIT in the early 1960s, all these names and places are very familiar to me. I never worked on any of the projects or companies mentioned in the interview.

December 26, 2018

The second part is called Military-Industrial-Congressional Frauds – Lester Earnest on RAI (2/4).

Corporations bribed politicians—it’s legal, it’s called campaign contributions—and they funded projects the Defense Department contracted out, giving the crooks a lot of money; that’s still going strong today – says Lester Earnest, founder of the AI Lab at Stanford

December 28, 2018

The third part is called DOD Criterion for Success: Spend all Your Money by Year End – Lester Earnest on RAI (3/4).

After working on the MIT SAGE radar system and at the Joint Chiefs, Earnest concluded “it’s basically a money making system, that’s what it’s about and has nothing to do with real defense” – Lester Earnest on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay

January 4, 2019

The fourth part is called Billionaires Shouldn’t Control Artificial Intelligence – Lester Earnest on RAI (4/5).

“Patents block progress” – says Lester Earnest, founder of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at Stanford, on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay

This may be the most valuable part of the series.

January 4, 2019

The fifth part is called AI Should Improve Quality of Life, Not Make Capitalists Rich – Lester Earnest on RAI (5/5)

Artificial Intelligence can make the world better or be a tool for war – says Lester Earnest, founder of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at Stanford, on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay