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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 Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (August 1st 2020)
In Japan, a large dam is being constructed almost entirely by robots. Naked mole rats are mammals that do not age in the sense that their fitness and mortalityContinue...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AR Simulation for First Responders
An example of where AR can work best, where the specific examples are not rare, yet are relatively easy to construct in a form of simulation.AR Tool Shown to Help...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Emergence of Trust Tokens
Google buys in, likely create more acceptance.Google’s ‘trust tokens’ are here to take cookies down a pegThe company plans to eventually phase out third-party cookies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fully Autonomous AI Running a Wall Street Hedge Fund
With a number of implications/ Interesting claim here. The emergence of legitimate DAOs Distributed Autonomous Organizations?No humans required, the fully autonomous...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Customization
Thoughtful and considerable piece on product personalization. Psychology at some level, but also linking direct specific need to function as well as a statement...
From Schneier on Security
Twitter Hacker Arrested
A 17-year-old Florida boy was arrested and charged with last week's Twitter hack. News articles. Boing Boing post. Florida state attorney press release. This is...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Proteins for a Better Face Mask
Researchers are synthesizing squid proteins to create a face mask that better survives cleaning. (And you thought there was no connection between squid and COVID...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Backing from Cortana
Microsoft seems to continue to fall back from having Cortana as a general assistant. but has implied they want to tp continue it as a productivity aid for their...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Conversing Between Soldiers, Robots
Will be interesting to see how contextual such conversation can be. Would seem risk and embedded goals would also be important. Following to see what more IArmy...
From Schneier on Security
Data and Goliath Book Placement
Notice the copy of Data and Goliath just behind the head of Maine Senator Angus King. This demonstrates the importance of a vibrant color and a large font....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bad Habit or Addiction to Technology?
A thing to look at again .... ever since gaming started we have been examining, but now its everywhere, all the time. Examining addiction vs negative behavior...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why Isn't AI used More?
Still narrowly defined, fear of bias claims, hype is creating a caution reaction. Link it to other analytics.AI Is All the Rage. So Why Aren’t More BusinessesBy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Had a Good Year
Would have liked to see much more detail, consult the WSJ.P&G has had a very good year in the WSJ07/30/2020Procter & Gamble posted its single biggest yearly sales...
From Schneier on Security
Fake Stories in Real News Sites
Fireeye is reporting that a hacking group called Ghostwriter broke into the content management systems of Eastern European news sites to plant fake stories. From...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Changing How We Teach Computer Science
I haven't been blogging much lately. I'm adjusting to being retired for the most part but I have been reading and thinking a lot about teaching computer science...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Is the Pandemic Breaking AI?
This quickly came to mind in an effort underway, if an event is truly rare it has revealed less data, and current AI methods work best with lots of data. NoteHow...
From The Eponymous Pickle
SeroLearn Demo
I see that Serolearn is moving towards a version 2.0. You can sign up to see the update, and you can try their interactive demo online.In active use by the DOD....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Britannica Beyond
Brought to my attention, a new way to deliver the equity of Britannica? Click through to try it. surprised at its emergence. Used to know several people who...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Safer from Hackers
(See details at the link)A new way to train AI systems could keep them safer from hackersTechnology Review: Blogs: Mims's Bitsby Karen HaoArtificial intelligence...
From insideHPC