Gerald Hall

Author

Gerald Hall has had an extraordinarily diverse background. A lifelong science fiction fan, Gerald is a graduate of the N.C. State University's School of Engineering. After graduation, he served in uniform as part of the Intelligence Community for more than thirty years, deploying in support of Operations Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Gerald has employed his technical knowledge, his love of history and even his life as a Methodist minister's spouse to create unique tales of possible futures and alternate histories.

Day	Start	Rooms	Name of Event	Description Small Text
Fri	1:00 PM	CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming)	Meet and Greet the First Timers! - Round One	Come welcome and get familiar with some of our first time at LibertyCon pros. John Ringo will host.
Fri	4:00 PM	M - Plaza Ballroom C	The OODA Loop, AI, and You - When Do Humans Become Obsolete?	The OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) Loop, AI (Artificial Intelligence), and You - When Do Humans Become Obsolete? Panelists Identify and discuss the technology markers and capabilities which may signal that humans have become too slow to compete.
Fri	5:00 PM	CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming)	Opening Ceremonies	Come one, come all to Opening Ceremonies!
Sat	10:00 AM	M - Plaza Ballroom A/B	Guest of Honor Brunch Banquet / Speeches	Guest of Honor Brunch Banquet / Guest of Honor Speeches
Sun	11:00 AM	CC - Mtg Room 5 (Main Event Programming)	Omnipresent Surveillance at Scale	Omnipresent Surveillance at Scale – Is Hiding Possible? Can visual, electronics, and logistical signatures truly be hidden?
Sun	12:00 PM	M - Carter Room (Readings 1)	Reading: Gerald Hall and Tamara Lowery	Come hear our authors read from their works.
Sun	1:00 PM	CC - Mtg Room 3 (Workshop Track)	Terminator 2025: Is It Ever Right To Allow Machines To Kill Autonomously?	Terminator 2025: Is It Ever Right To Allow Machines To Kill Autonomously? Panelists develop a practical definition of AI: Expert Systems versus Synthetic Sentience. Panelists and audience discuss Advances In Autonomous Effectors, and build a table of permissible/impermissible autonomous actions indexed by urgency/expediency. MILSF Workshop. Gerald Hall moderates.

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Gerald Hall

Author

Untimely Rivals

Book 6 of 7: Yesterdays War

Unexpected Gifts

Book 3 of 5: Unwanted Gifts

The President's Little Demon

Gerald Hall

Author

Untimely Rivals

Book 6 of 7: Yesterdays War

Unexpected Gifts

Book 3 of 5: Unwanted Gifts

The President's Little Demon

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