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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Computational Complexity
Eisenhower's Farewell Address
I'm short on time time this week so I thought it would be good to look back, some 64 years ago, to Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address. It calls for balance between...
From Computational Complexity
Why Can't We Break Crytptography?
In the recent Signalgate scandal, several senior Trump administration appointees used the Signal app on their phones to discuss an attack on the Houthis. People...
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PDQ Shor (?-2025)
PDQ Shor PDQ Shor, Peter Shor's smarter brother, passed away last week. PDQ was a Physicist/Computer Scientist/Mathematician/Astrologer/Psychic at the University...
From Computational Complexity
What Happened to MOOCS?
In 2012 I wrote a blog post about the growing influence of Massively Open Online Courses, or MOOCs.John Hennessey, president of Stanford, gave the CRA keynote address...
From Computational Complexity