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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
Wal-Mart Teams with Shopify
Expanding online marketplace. Note recent grounding of the Jet online service.Walmart partners with Shopify to expand e-commerce 'marketplace' in TechxploreUS...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Catalyzing Computing Podcast Episode 23 – Game-Based Learning and Photovoltaics with Erik Verlage (Part 1)
A new episode of the Computing Community Consortium‘s (CCC) podcast, Catalyzing Computing, is now available. Khari Douglas interviews Erik Verlage, a research scientist...
From Computational Complexity
Presentations of Diffie-Helman leave out how to find g
When I first taught Diffie Helman I read the following 1) Alice and Bob agree on p a prime and g a generator 2) Alice picks a, sends g^a to Bob, Bob picks b, sends...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Beating Zoom Fatigue
Somewhat of an old idea, how well can it be done? And, as we have been seeing with facial recognition, will it be blocked for implying the wrong 'kind' of control...
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Baking Anti-Malware into CPUs
Continued back and forth, the article is skeptical about how well this will work. But something must be done,Intel will soon bake anti-malware defenses directly...
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Scan Uses Wrinkles, Spots
Was surprised that this was not more often commonly done, but perhaps it was as part of an overall facial scan?AI algorithm identifies age of faces in photos using...
From The Eponymous Pickle
OpenAI Text Generation
The OpenAPI text generation system was previously described as 'too dangerous', has now been released in a new and I assume less dangerous form. Seems to claim...
From insideHPC
insideHPC Special Report: Citizens Benefit from Public/Private Partnerships
This special report sponsored by Dell Technologies, takes a look at how now more than ever, agencies from all levels of government are teaming with private Information...
From Schneier on Security
Examining the US Cyber Budget
Jason Healey takes a detailed look at the US federal cybersecurity budget and reaches an important conclusion: the US keeps saying that we need to prioritize defense...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Technique Enables Cheaper Fertilizer Production
Local and simpler form of fertilizer. Manure?Technique could enable Cheaper Fertilizer productionChemical engineers take a step toward generating ammonia with...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Fakes and Frauds via AI
Creating frauds that are hard to distinguish from the real thing.AI vs. AI By R. Colin Johnson in ACMThe Hackathon for Peace, Justice and Security (logo pictured)...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Proof Checking: Not Line by Line
Proofs and perpetual motion machines Leonardo da Vinci is, of course, famous for his paintings and drawings, but was also interested in inventions, and in various...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Control of Genetic Behavior
Interesting linking to specific group behavior. What behavior would you want to influence? Then, thinking about if further, looks rather dangerous.Genetic Control...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Considering the Length of Lists
Very nicely put pieee on the length of lists. Very true., good to have in the back of your mind when writing or speaking.Communicate Using the Numbers 1, 2, 3,...
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Aiming to put AI in Your Pocket
Mentioned this previously, now more in Singularity Hub on the topic:MIT’s Tiny New Brain Chip Aims for AI in Your PocketBy Jason Dorrier - Jun 11, 2020 in Singularity...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Internet Archive Threatened with Suit
We used the INternet Archive early on to track the use of web sites and trademarks. But had not visited for a while. Now saw this controversy which had been...
From The Eponymous Pickle
NorthWestern: Emerging Trends in Retail Robotics
Good in detail piece worth looking at:Emerging Trends in Retail Robotics, 24 pages, May 2020 Northwestern, Retail Analytics CouncilIntroduction:Robots are increasingly...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Human Cells with Squid-Like Transparency
I think we need more human organs with squid-like features. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't...
From insideHPC
Frontera at TACC Reveals COVID-19 Molecular ‘Sugar Coating’ that Camouflages Virus
Researchers using the Frontera supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) have uncovered the atomic makeup of the sugary shield on the coronavirus...
From The Eponymous Pickle