Pentagon recent freed Its fiscal year 2025 budget estimate. Hidden within the document is a new classified program run by DARPA, the Department of Defense’s defense development agency, that’s destined to give the internet conspiracy theory community a collective heart attack. name? “Carcosa.”
TV fans will remember this as the name an ancient temple Appearing in HBO’s famous police drama true detective, something similar was used by a murderous syndicate to torture and murder children. Interesting choice, guys!
Of course, by all accounts, DARPA’s “CARCOSA” is just a boring cybersecurity program with nothing to do with a ceremonial cabal in the backwoods of Louisiana.The program was originally intercepted and discovered, with a budget of $40 million, will use artificial intelligence to help U.S. network operators “minimize cognitive load” as they work.inside budget documentthe sparse description is as follows:
Project Carcosa is developing and demonstrating cyber technologies for use by warfighters during tactical operations. Carcosa network technology is designed to provide warfighters on the battlefield with enhanced, immediate battlefield situational awareness. Carcosa technology is being integrated into prototype tools suitable for use by warfighters with a range of cyber knowledge and skills, including cyber novices and advanced cyber practitioners.
It’s not entirely clear what this means, but it sounds boring. The Intercept noted that CARCOSA will be used to support “cyberspace and electromagnetic activities,” which involves providing military leaders with “technical and tactical advice on all aspects of offensive and defensive cyberspace and electronic warfare operations.”
It is worth pointing out that true detective Writer Nic Pizzolatto takes on “Carcosa” and many other themes and narrative elements from king in yellow, A collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers. Chambers himself appears to be based on “Carcosa” from Ambrose Bierce’s 19th-century short story. So, uh, hypothetically, DARPA’s codename ancestor might have referenced one of these sources – hypothetically.
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