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Heroic warriors: how army aviation defends Ukraine’s skies #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/03/heroic-warriors-how-army-aviation.html

Active inference as a unified model of collision avoidance behavior in human drivers
Julian F. Schumann, Johan Engstroem, Leif Johnson, Matthew O'Kelly, Joao Messias, Jens Kober, Arkady Zgonnikov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02215

Active inference as a unified model of collision avoidance behavior in human drivers
Collision avoidance -- involving a rapid threat detection and quick execution of the appropriate evasive maneuver -- is a critical aspect of driving. However, existing models of human collision avoidance behavior are fragmented, focusing on specific scenarios or only describing certain aspects of the avoidance behavior, such as response times. This paper addresses these gaps by proposing a novel computational cognitive model of human collision avoidance behavior based on active inference. Activ…

“As design ethicist Aral Balkan explains: ‘Dark patterns might boost short-term metrics, but they ultimately corrode trust and damage brand reputation. Ethical design creates sustainable relationships rather than one-time transactions.’”
https://ui-deploy.com/blog/e…

Ethical Dark Patterns: Identifying and Avoiding Manipulative Design
Learn to identify and avoid manipulative dark patterns in favor of ethical design that builds long-term user trust.

A Path Planning Model for Intercepting a Moving Target with Finite Obstacle Avoidance
Masuda Akter, Mohammed Mustafa Rizvi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01447

A Path Planning Model for Intercepting a Moving Target with Finite Obstacle Avoidance
This paper investigates the problem of computing a two-dimensional optimal curvature straight line (CS) shortest path for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to intercept a moving target, with both the UAV (pursuer) and target travelling at constant speeds. We formulate an optimal control problem that integrates two critical objectives: avoiding static obstacles and successfully intercepting the target. The approach introduces constraints derived from obstacle avoidance and target interception req…

Latino GOP lawmakers voice worry about Trump's mass deportation campaign (Marianna Sotomayor/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/03/latino-republicans-immigration-trump-law-abiding-ice/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250803/p20#a250803p20

Det är egentligen fel att en sådan här text publiceras som en debattartikel. Det finns ingen debatt kring den här frågan. Nyström är helt ute och cyklar och påstår saker som är långt bort om all rimlighet när det gäller många saker. Så även i den här frågan.
Så mest rätt hade varit att publicera det här under någon form av "så här är det" eller "faktajournalistik".
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Utilizing AI for Aviation Post-Accident Analysis Classification
Aziida Nanyonga, Graham Wild
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00169 https://

Utilizing AI for Aviation Post-Accident Analysis Classification
The volume of textual data available in aviation safety reports presents a challenge for timely and accurate analysis. This paper examines how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, specifically, Natural Language Processing (NLP) can automate the process of extracting valuable insights from this data, ultimately enhancing aviation safety. The paper reviews ongoing efforts focused on the application of NLP and deep learning to aviation safety reports, with the goal of classifying the level of damage …

On 102-avoiding inversion sequences
JiSun Huh, Sangwook Kim, Seunghyun Seo, Heesung Shin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02985 https://arx…

On 102-avoiding inversion sequences
In this article, we provide a bijection between the set of inversion sequences avoiding the pattern 102 and the set of 2-Schröder paths having neither peaks nor valleys and ending with a diagonal step. To achieve this, we introduce two intermediate objects, called UVD paths and labeled $F$-paths, and establish bijections among all four families. For each of these combinatorial objects, we define a natural statistic and enumerate the corresponding structures with respect to this statistic. In a…

"So let’s get one thing out of the way: I think “AI literacy” is a dangerous device of neoliberal education and it deserves to be dismissed out of hand."
"Using AI is not about communicating. It’s about avoiding communicating. It’s about not reading, not writing, not drawing, not seeing. It’s about ceding our powers of expression and comprehension to digital apps that will cushion us from fully participating in our own lives."

Against AI literacy: have we actually found a way to reverse learning?
So let’s get one thing out of the way: I think “AI literacy” is a dangerous device of neoliberal education and it deserves to be dismissed out of hand.

Enhancing Safety of Foundation Models for Visual Navigation through Collision Avoidance via Repulsive Estimation
Joonkyung Kim, Joonyeol Sim, Woojun Kim, Katia Sycara, Changjoo Nam
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03834

Enhancing Safety of Foundation Models for Visual Navigation through Collision Avoidance via Repulsive Estimation
We propose CARE (Collision Avoidance via Repulsive Estimation), a plug-and-play module that enhances the safety of vision-based navigation without requiring additional range sensors or fine-tuning of pretrained models. While recent foundation models using only RGB inputs have shown strong performance, they often fail to generalize in out-of-distribution (OOD) environments with unseen objects or variations in camera parameters (e.g., field of view, pose, or focal length). Without fine-tuning, th…