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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
Machines Writing for Us
Will such robotic systems do all our writing for us? A lot of words being spewed.OpenAI’s text-generating system GPT-3 is now spewing out 4.5 billion words a day...
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Stretch Robot Works the Warehouse
Say hello to Boston Dynamics’ newest robot: Stretch By Trevor Mogg in DigitaltrendsBoston Dynamics has just unveiled its latest robot, but don’t expect the kind...
From Computational Complexity
Slicing the Hypercube
Here's a neat result I heard about at virtual Dagstuhl last week, a new lower bound on the number of hyperplanes that cuts all the edges of a hypercube.A n-dimensional...
From insideHPC
Atos HPC Software Suites
This whitepaper, "Atos HPC Software Suites," from our friends over at Atos explains the main features and functionalities of the Atos HPC Software Suites and shares...
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Answers for the Bullwhip Effect
A classic problem with supply chain predictability. Often covered here. Oracle and Retailwire provide a survey and means to approach to address it.Reverse the...
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Virtual Reality at a Touch
A new kind of interaction with your reality. Perhaps easier and more productive. Virtual Reality at Your FingertipsETH Zurich (Switzerland), Leo Herrmann, March...
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A Look inside Boston Dynamics Workshop
Impressed by some of the videos from inside Boston Dynamics, and some of their agile and assistive designs that have obviously broad applications. Here is some...
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Wal-Mart Embraces Immersive VR Learning
Good piece with useful details of the effort. Consider the volume of training required. Was involved with some sales training efforts, but this takes it quite...
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New CCPA Addresses Dark Patterns
First I had heard of this, the definition of 'dark patterns' seems quite loose. California Passes Regulation Banning 'Dark Patterns' Under Landmark Privacy Law...
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Towards Deception Detection? In Humans, in Machines? In Crowds?
Following this in the Language Log Blog for some time. We even looked at large databases of human comments on products. But could such comments really be marked...
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TensorFlow3D and Audio
More on Google 3D Scene understanding inTensorFlow3D with links to audio. Quite interesting, why not build a broader notion of context? Like the direction...
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Future of Today's Retail
All will have an impact, demise no, efficiency yes. The future of retail: Do robots, A.I., and AR spell demise for stores? By Jeremy Kaplan, in DigitalTrends...
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Measuring Microfailures (Again)
Not really a new thing, but thinking about effectively measuring them is. Which we attempted to deal with directly. ... Elsevier: Business Horizons Volume...
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Good Overview of Blockchain
Very nice non-technical video overview. Passing this on for a talk I am giving. What is BLOCKCHAIN? The best explanation of blockchain technology6 minute Youtube...
From CERIAS Blog
So You Have to Learn a 3rd Programming Language?
I recently found myself in a conversation where someone made a comment about "Being so old I've programmed in Pascal!" I'm considerably older than that person, ...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (March 27th 2021)
Scientists, including climate-science researchers, often travel to faraway places for conferences. Attending a live conference is time consuming and expensive.Continue...
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Fewer UK Troops, More Tech
Another inevitable thing. How do we make sure the decisions are applied in the right way? Fewer Troops, but More Tech: U.K. Military Downsizes as it Shifts to...
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Microsoft Launches Identity Platform on Bitcoin’s Blockchain
Via Walter Riker. Microsoft is working a number of strategies in identity I am exploring. Microsoft Launches Identity Platform on Bitcoin’s BlockchainBy Emmanuel...
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Unilever on Our Brave New Post Pandemic Work Future
Lots of future predictions, here from the CPG world we studied. Fit for the postpandemic future: Unilever’s Leena Nair on reinventing how we workAs Chief HumanSent...
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