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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
Securing Industrial Operations at Scale
Essential.Now is the time to secure industrial operations at scale! Internet of Things (IoT) By Fabien Maisl in Cisco.Cyber attacks to industrial organizations...
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Understanding Behavior and What May Happen Next
It is good to know what is going to happen next. Prediction though can be hard.Metropolis Spotlight: Viisights Uses AI to Understand Behavior and Predict What...
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Total Artificial Heart Implanted
Seems quite a considerable coup. Total Artificial Heart Successfully Transplanted in U.S.By Interesting Engineering, July 23, 2021Duke University Hospital surgeons...
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Inside the Industry that Unmasks People at Scale
Article on this brought to my attention by Bruce Schneier ... Inside the Industry that Unmasks People at ScaleUnique IDs linked to phones are supposed to be anonymous...
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5G Telemedicine and the Military
Brought to my attention by Walter Riker. Will ask for more comment from the VA, sure it is being looked at. Telemedicine with 5G could be a gamechanger for military...
From Computational Complexity
Technical Difficulties
After returning from vacation last weekend (hello North Dakota--my 49th state visited), all sorts of odd problems arose. This blog stopped working, a P v NP paper...
From Schneier on Security
Disrupting Ransomware by Disrupting Bitcoin
Ransomware isn’t new; the idea dates back to 1986 with the “Brain” computer virus. Now, it’s become the criminal business model of the internet for two reasons....
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Scaling AI
Good thoughts, intro below.Scaling AI and data science – 10 smart ways to move from pilot to productionVB Staff by Venturebeat, Presented by Intel“Fantastic! How...
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Is Programming Theory a Waste of Time?
Gave me a reminder of what PT was: Its the theoretical introduction to coding, and not ONLY the specific, in context how-to of using a particular coding method...
From Schneier on Security
Commercial Location Data Used to Out Priest
A Catholic priest was outed through commercially available surveillance data. Vice has a good analysis: The news starkly demonstrates not only the inherent power...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Public Listening Sessions on Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking
As part of efforts to improve scientific integrity, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Scientific Integrity Task Force are organizing...
From insideHPC
Enhancing Security with High Performance AI Capability Deployed at the Rugged Edge
In this sponsored post from One Stop Systems, we see that whether surviving in a fast-moving battlefield situation, protecting sensitive industrial or transportation...
From insideHPC
NREL Scientists Find Synergy in PET Plastic-degrading Enzymes Using TACC, SDSC HPC Resources
Plastic waste is a big problem in the environment. About 300 million tons is produced every year, according to the United Nations. Much of that is polyethyleneNREL...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The Reach of Dichotomy
Congratulations on the 2021 Gödel Prize Composite including Richerby’s talk at STOC 2021 Andrey Bulatov, Martin Dyer and David Richerby, and Jin-Yi Cai and Xi Chen...
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Sweat Powering Wearables
Given current power needs, would be much less than a typical smartphone needs. Perhaps a small IOT. Your Sweaty Fingertips Could Help Power the Next Generation...
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Nathan Benaich, Air Street Capital
I have been subscribing to this monthly report for some time, worth a look. Below the most recent.Your guide to AI, By Nathan Benaich, Air Street CapitalMonthly...
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Amazon Alexa Live 2021
Attended some technical portions of this, was informative. Here a followup of things presented, announced.Everything new announced at Amazon Alexa Live 2021By Michael...
From insideHPC
Drop in Intel Earnings Expected Today
Pat Gelsinger’s got one foot on a tiger, the other on an aircraft carrier – one side is a rough, volatile ride; the other plows a course set years ago, hard toDrop...
From Putting People First
The Incompatibility of Nudge and Co-Design as Tools for Policymaking
The use of nudge theory to inform policy interventions in response to COVID-19 has re-opened debates over the politically paternalistic nature of governing by ‘nudges’...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog