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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 Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Mea Culpa
Plus more on the separating word problem Mea Culpa is not someone we introduced on the blog before. She does not come from the same world as Lofa Polir or Neil...
From insideHPC
Managing Complexity in the New Era of HPC
In this contributed article, Bill Wagner, CEO of Bright Computing, discusses how the HPC industry has entered an era of change in the past few years. New technologies...
From Schneier on Security
Seny Kamara on "Crypto for the People"
Seny Kamara gave an excellent keynote talk this year at the (online) CRYPTO Conference. He talked about solving real-world crypto problems for marginalized communities...
From Schneier on Security
Seny Kamara on "Crypto for the People"
Seny Kamara gave an excellent keynote talk this year at the (online) CRYPTO Conference. He talked about solving real-world crypto problems for marginalized communities...
From Schneier on Security
Seny Kamara on "Crypto for the People"
Seny Kamara gave an excellent keynote talk this year at the (online) CRYPTO Conference. He talked about solving real-world crypto problems for marginalized communities...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More Seeing Around the Corner
More on the topic. Mentioned a number of times here, a seemingly impossible idea. But very useful for driving applications to anticipate and avoid problems. Thought...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Exoskeletons Advancing
The exoskeleton idea is fascinating ... already in use in automotive. Anywhere that needs improved physical strength and manipulation. Military another area very...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Surveillance Capitalism
I was just pointed to Shoshanna Zuboff's latest Book: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: Our company had been interviewed for her 1988 book: In the Age of....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Content Factories Emerge
We have many means of converting data and hypotheses to useful testable directions.The Data-Driven Tech Engine at the Heart of Hollywood's Content FactoriesTheChristopher...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
20,000 Comments and More
With more about the Separating Words Problem I.I.T. Madras page Anoop S K M is a PhD student in the theory group of I.I.T. Madras in Chennai, India. His comment...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Connecting Computers to the Brain: Update NeuralLink
Had heard of this some time ago. Apparently this updates. Still skeptical as to what the word 'connecting' means here. We can read brain signals readily, but...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Considering the AI Factory
Nicely covered by Irving:The AI Factory: A New Kind of Digital Operating Model“Whether you’re leading a digital start-up or working to revamp a traditional enterprise...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Honeywell Talks Future of Quantum Computing
Honeywell gives a non technical (but necessarily incomplete) view of the state and future of quantum computing. And they are apparently bullish on its future. The...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (August 29th 2020)
In children, higher video game time is positively associated with cognition (i.e., kids who play more video games are smarter). Note that it does not follow that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Training Autonomous Drones
More advances in the use of data to train autonomous drones in many contexts. Likely to see many more autonomous drone applications. Moving the sensors to the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon's Smart Carts Launch in LA
Update on Amazon work with the 'smart cart,' which I have mentioned many times in this space. Note also Alexas as assistants. A new integration. Could an Alexa...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: How Squid Survive Freezing, Oxygen-Deprived Waters
Lots of interesting genetic details. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog...
From insideHPC
The Hyperion-insideHPC Interviews: Simon Burbridge Gives ARM a Hand – ‘Maybe We Don’t Need to Have Accelerators’
At this point in the career of HPC luminary Simon Burbridge of the University of Bristol, he’s focused on HPC system design based on ARM-designed processors. Citing...
From insideHPC
Article Retraction
Due to reporting error, insideHPC yesterday ran an article mistakenly reporting that supercomputers at the National Energy National Scientific Computing CenterArticle...
From The Eponymous Pickle