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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
What is known about that sequence
In my last post I wrote:---------------------------Consider the recurrencea_1=1for all n\ge 2, a_n = a_{n-1} + a_{n/2}.For which M does this recurrence have infinitely...
From insideHPC
At ISC 2022: Vik Malyala Puts the Spotlight on Supermicro’s AMD-based Servers
In this interview with Supermicro’s Vik Malyala, he discusses the company’s latest editions of its AMD-based server products, the third generation of AMD processors...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How quickly can you convert floats to doubles (and back)?
Many programming languages have two binary floating-point types: float (32-bit) and double (64-bit). It reflects the fact that most general-purpose processors supports...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What AI Still Can't Do
Thoughtful PieceWhat AI Still Doesn't Know How to Do, By The Wall Street Journal, July 18, 2022A few weeks ago a Google engineer got a lot of attention for a dramatic...
From insideHPC
Quantum: Claims Solving 3,854-Variable Optimization Problem in 6 Minutes for BMW
LEESBURG, Va., July 20, 2021 – Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) today announced it has solved an optimization problem with over 3,800 variables in six minutes by applying...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blockchain Storing Genomes
Makes sense, encoding. Blockchain Can Secure, Store GenomesYaleNews, Bill Hathaway, June 29, 2022The SAMchain technology developed by Yale University scientists...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Simulating the Voices of the Dead
Consider the complexity ... Raising the Voices of the Dead By Tim Hornyak, Commissioned by CACM Staff July 19, 2022Artificial intelligence experts andChanneling...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Do AI Systems Really Have Their Own Secret Language?
Vocabulary vs Language, implications for IP to be considered. Do AI systems really have their own secret language? by Aaron J. Snoswell, in Techexplore ...
From insideHPC
The Evolution of HPC Storage: More Choices Yields More Decisions
[SPONSORED CONTENT] The past few years have brought many changes into the HPC storage world, both with technology like non-volatile memory express (NVMe) or persistent...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Will AI Remove Submarine Stealth?
Has to be considered, along with many other kinds of stealth and related implications for that.Better detection will make the oceans transparent—and perhaps doom...
From The Eponymous Pickle
DNA Typewriter
Quite interesting. DNA Typewriter Taps Out a Record Inside CellsHoward Hughes Medical Institute News, July 8, 2022Researchers at Howard Hughes Medical Institute...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Freedom To Teach Computer Science Our Way
Mike Zamansky had another interesting post (CS - it isn't all that) that got me thinking. The last three paragraphs started me going. For exampleAs CS becomes more...
From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast: US Pressures ASML on Exports to China; US vs China Exascale; HPC Software
Following recent reports that Dutch chip manufacturing equipment maker ASML is under diplomatic pressure from the U.S. to regulate the export of its fabrication...
From Computational Complexity
An open question about a sequence mod M.
In this post n/2 means floor{n/2}Consider the recurrencea_1=1for all n\ge 2, a_n = a_{n-1} + a_{n/2}.For which M does this recurrence have infinitely many n such...
From insideHPC
Nominations Are Open for NSF’s Alan T. Waterman Award
July 18, 2022 — The Alan T. Waterman is the U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Highest Honor, an award recognizes an outstanding early career researcher in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tech Workers Long Got What they Wanted?
How true?Tech Workers Long Got What They Wanted. That's OverThe Wall Street Journal, By Katherine Bindley, July 15, 2022Technology workers who once could name their...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Modeling Marketing Mix Using Smoothing Splines
Recall a similar set of problems occurring in the enterprise, this could be useful. Computing and statistical -Technical.Modeling Marketing Mix Using Smoothing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Research Open-Sources Deep Search Tools
More info at the link, More secure? Note mention of better scientific discovery. Could have been useful, when we sought to add internal knowledge to external...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Drones Scaring Birds
Makes sense, fairly obvious .... Effective?Drones Could Scare Birds Off Agricultural FieldsWashington State University, Scott Weybright, June 1, 2022An autonomous...
From The Eponymous Pickle