Communications of the ACM
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January 2023
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Fostering Responsible Computing Research White Paper Released
The National Academies (NASEM) recognized the need for computing researchers in academia, industry, and government to consider the ethical and societal impacts of their work. Thus, the NASEM Computer Science and Telecommunications…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retail Inventory Shelf Analysis with AI
Worked on something very similar to this in Laboratory Stores, but without AI. Learned much in the general process.
Google Cloud Introduces Shelf Inventory Predictive Tool for Retailers
The Wall Street Journal
Isabelle Bousquette…From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple, Google Face Disruption
Meanings of disruption unclear, both are acquiring some key technologies. Same with Microsoft.
Apple and Google are both at their biggest risk of disruption in over a decade By Matt Weinberger Jan 13, 2023, 3:44 PM in BusinessInsider…From BLOG@CACM
ChatGPT in Computer Science Education
Asked "How will ChatGPT influence computer science education?" teachers barely addressed the threats it poses.
From insideHPC
Multiverse Computing and PINQ2 Team on Quantum Computing Adoption Across Industry Verticals
TORONTO, January 23, 2023 – Multiverse Computing, a quantum and quantum-inspired software company, today announced a new partnership with The Platform for Quantum and Digital Innovation (PINQ2), a non-profit organization initiated…
From The Eponymous Pickle
How is ChatGPT Bringing AI into Popular Culture?
Finally AI becoming 'Live'? Has this changed everything? For what set of tech customers? Jobs? From SAS
In recent weeks, the ChatGPT hype has blown up my tech-heavy social feed. I follow many coders and content creators…From The Eponymous Pickle
A Photo Bot Feeds Data from JWST Space Telescope
Instructive, A means to to feed data from multiple sources? 50 GB a day! What can we learn form this?
Scientists were in awe of the flood of data that arrived when the new space observatory booted…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What Jobs Are Safe From Automation?
“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” – Yogi Berra
That doesn't mean people don't try. Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence have a lot of people predicting what jobs are an are not likely to be replaced…From The Eponymous Pickle
Crypto not done Yet
Had wondered where we were here and what we should make of it, further examining.
ACM OPINION
The 'End of Crypto'? Not So Fast
By Fortune, November 22, 2022
Most people working in crypto have integrity and are working to build real…From The Eponymous Pickle
How is AI Really Being used Today?
I am often asked, and here Google summarizes it, which means that most every one of us is doing lots of AI all the time. Google is doing it, others are making their more helpful too. Below a summary, click below for more…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Dreaming of Driverless: Levels of Vehicle Autononomy
Examination of driverless vehicle Specs.
Dreaming of Driverless: What’s the Difference Between Level 2 and Level 5 Autonomy?
January 25, 2018 by Jeff Davis in NVidia
Cars with some autonomous capabilities are already here: here’s…From Schneier on Security
No-Fly List Exposed
I can’t remember the last time I thought about the US no-fly list: the list of people so dangerous they should never be allowed to fly on an airplane, yet so innocent that we can’t arrest them. Back when I thought about it a …
From Computational Complexity
The Betty White Award for 2022
In Dec 2021 I noted in this post, which was my 1000th post ever (according to Ken Regan, see here) that Betty White had the misfortune of dying on Dec 31, 2021, so AFTER the People we said goodbye to in 2021 articles had already…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Chatbot or Cheatbot?
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London The chatbots have suddenly got everyone talking, though about them as much as with them. Why? Because one, chatGPT has (amongst other things) reached the level of being able toContinue…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Machine Intelligence: State of the Art
A look at the state of the art in intelligence
Intelligent computing: Examining the state of the art by Intelligent Computing in TechExplore
An overview of intelligent computing based on the fusion of human social space, physicalspace…From The Eponymous Pickle
A Hackers Mind
Plan to read ....
Publisher’s Weekly reviews Bruce Schneiers new book: A Hacker’s Mind—and it’s a starred review!
“Hacking is something that the rich and powerful do, something that reinforces existing power structures,” contends…From The Eponymous Pickle
Fully Autonomous Real-World Reinforcement Learning
Considerable piece, reinforcement training.
Fully Autonomous Real-World Reinforcement Learning
Fully Autonomous Real-World Reinforcement Learning with Applications to Mobile Manipulation From Berkely Bair
Jędrzej Orbik, Charles…From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Future of Programming
Thoughts on the future of Programming, thoughtful piece. Implications forsecurity.
The Premature Obituary of Programming By Daniel M. Yellin (Opinion)
Communications of the ACM, February 2023, Vol. 66 No. 2, Pages 41-44Deep…From The Eponymous Pickle
Netherlands Regulating Tech
Another instructive regulation example.
How the Netherlands Is Taming Big Tech By The New York Times, January 20, 2023
Microsoft chief privacy officer Julie Brill, at left, during in a 2018 White House discussion on childrensMicrosoft…From The Eponymous Pickle
NYC AI Bias Hiring Law
Indications of how AI is being regulated.
NYC’s New AI Hiring Law Won’t Be Enforced Until April
Alex Woodie
Companies with employees in New York City have four more months to figure out Local Law 144, a first-in-the-nation law…From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Another Giant Squid Captured on Video
Here’s a new video of a giant squid, filmed in the Sea of Japan.
I believe it’s injured. It’s so close to the surface, and not really moving very much.
“We didn’t see the kinds of agile movements that many fish and marine creatures…From The Eponymous Pickle
Google/Alphabet Cutting Jobs
Tech slipping. To be replaced by AI?
Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said he took "full responsibility"…From The Eponymous Pickle
Tools for Spotting Bots
Question I just asked, how easy and accurate is it to spot bots? Got a first answer ... that it depends, but for now skepticism is best, and consider the specific risk involved.
Is It Human or AI? Tools Help Spot the Bots, …From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast: Our Favorite 2023 Predictions, Puncturing the Myths of HPC and New Advanced Chips
In our opening episode of 2023, Shahin and Doug discuss the recent chip announcements from Intel and AMD and their implications for HPC. We also talk about are industry predictions for the year to come featured in this article…
From The Eponymous Pickle
China Espionage via GE?
Note use of Steganography, hiding data. an old but still used method for espionage. I taught Chinese students at Columbia.
Industrial espionage: How China sneaks out America's technology secrets
By Nicholas Yon, in BBC News
It…From insideHPC
Oak Ridge Lab Names Jeff Smith Interim Director, Hires Search Firm
While Oak Ridge National Laboratory continues its search for a successor to outgoing lab Director Thomas Zacharia, the lab has named as its interim director Jeff Smith, who served for 21 years as ORNL’s Deputy for Operations
…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Seeks $10B Investment in OpenAI: Report
Big move, implications for Microsoft business results?
January 11, 2023 Excerpt and comments.
Microsoft Seeks $10B Investment in OpenAI: Report
By Alex Woodie in Datanami
Microsoft, which is already invested in OpenAI to the tune…From The Eponymous Pickle
Billion Qubit Chips?
Australian efforts pushing quantum scaling development.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Quantum computing breakthrough! Engineers discover technique that could create billion-qubit chips
JANUARY 12, 2023, by Chris Melore in Studyfinds…From The Eponymous Pickle
Computers Powering Self-Driving Cars Could Drive Global Carbon Emissions
Would Quantum balance this?
Computers Powering Self-Driving Cars Could Drive Global Carbon Emissions
MIT News, Adam Zewe, January 13, 2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers determined the computers powering…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Build Your ACM-W Student Chapter
Nine Tips for Growth and Maintenance The Ohio State University Student Chapter of the ACM-W was chartered on May 13, 2003 and is one of the oldest continuously operating ACM-W Student Chapters. This chapter annually hosts 40+…