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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Seeking Delivered Aroma on Demand
One of our longtime interests. Can you deliver tailored aroma digitally? On demand and mobile? There have been a half dozen attempts, none very successful.Here...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data and Robotics
In Smart Data Collective: Robotics and their sensors gather data, real-time analytics aids their decisions, and AI can make them more autonomous. All adds to"...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Disasters in Supply Chains
In Industry Week: On disasters in supply chains. We addressed this same question before and during Hurricane Katrina using supply chain architecture. More broadly...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
What Is Best Result Of The Year?
What do you think? Charles Lindbergh is famous for his solo non-stop flight that left Roosevelt Field in Long Island on May 20, 1927 and arrived the next day at...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robots Create Jobs
A Video: " ... Robots are at the core of manufacturing throughout the industrialized world. They are playing an even bigger role as robots enter service industries...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: "What Does the Squid Say?"
Minecraft parody. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
From Schneier on Security
Yes, I'm Leaving BT
The Register reported that I am leaving BT at the end of the year. It quoted BT as saying: We hired Bruce because of his thought leadership in security and as...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IARPA: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
Have been involved with DARPA in the past. I just recently had cause to look at IARPA, a much newer agency. Only since 2006. They describe themselves:" ... The...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Overcoming the Isolation of the Computer Science Teacher
This morning I had a conversation with the other computer science teacher at my school. I told him I wasn't sure what to use for an exercise for my students inLocal...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Making a Face Memorable
In MIT News: Never forget a face .... New algorithm uses subtle changes to make a face more memorable without changing a person’s overall appearance. .... Two...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Interactive Story Telling and Decision Models
On interactive story telling:A paper I was pointed to that presents an expertise plus simulation based method for smart energy demand management ... With similarities...
From The Eponymous Pickle
So What is Hadoop?
Forrester has a short video that explains, at a very general level, the technology behind the idea. Good as a broad description of the idea, but not something I...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Classifying Data Scientists
How do you classify data scientists? A taxonomy of sorts. Which is usually a good thing to agree on if you can.
From Schneier on Security
Eben Moglen and I Talk about the NSA
Last week, Eben Moglen and I had a conversation about NSA surveillance. Audio and video are online.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Misteaks During Classroom Demos
Most teachers make mistakes in class. I know that I do. Sometimes it is a typo. Or a slip of the tongue. Sometimes it is because we forget something and sometimes...
From Putting People First
People powered data
Geoff Mulgan, CEO of Nesta (the UK innovation charity), writes that in 2014 the growing movement to take back control of personal data will reach a tipping point...
From Putting People First
Screen Life: The View from the Sofa
A new study carried out for Thinkbox by COG Research and designed to help the advertising community understand the context of multi-screening (watching TV and simultaneously...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI as Our Final Invention
In the WP: A perhaps scary look at what AI can ultimately lead to. This has been discussed for a long time. I am inclined to be optimistic here. Sure there...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computing Innovations Abundant in the CNN 10: Ideas List
“Bold ideas are the currency of our knowledge economy and the lifeblood of our advancement as a culture.” – CNN 10: Ideas List Recently CNN put together a list...
From The Eponymous Pickle