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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
Venus Flytrap Cyborg Snaps Shut with Smartphone Commands
Venus Flytrap Cyborg Snaps Shut with Smartphone Commands By New Scientist March 29, 2023The jaws of a Venus flytrap attached to a robotic arm.Li says these...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Bard had some issues, Plan is to try again
Google to try again with GPTGoogle promises to unleash more of Bard’s potential in the 'next week'By David Nield published agoLike a "souped-up Civic"Google Bard...
From Computational Complexity
Who's on April First
Carlos May waving to the crowd on April 1, 1972Instead of the usual April Fools’ Day post, I present one of the best April Fools Day stunts ever. Here’s the text...
From The Eponymous Pickle
VR for Therapy
Have seen some proposals for this, but no clear benefits indicated. VR Is Revolutionizing Therapy. Why Aren't More People Using It? By CNet, March 27, 2023High...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The ChatGPT Conundrum
High absolute, low relative Kolmogorov complexity 4/1 prank source [Editors’ Note: Our usual blog format has the first paragraph lead with a human subject, but...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid vs. Blue Marlin
Epic matchup. 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 posting guidelines ...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Understanding Parties
Kavin Narasimhan studied how people move and form groups at parties, creating realistic computer models of what is going on. Her work could help avatars and robots...
From The Eponymous Pickle
ChatGPT banned in Italy over privacy, data collection concerns
Unexpected Privacy concerns posed.Calls have grown in the United States to stop development of the AI technology By Kelsey KobergDataGrade founder Joe Toscano...
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Reading Minds with AI: Researchers Translate Brain Waves to Images
Quite a considerable capability suggested. in KDNuggetsReading Minds with AI: Researchers Translate Brain Waves to ImagesTwo researchers from Osaka University...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft to Ruin Chat Search?
Ouch if this is the case. ChatGPT Opened a New Era in Search. Microsoft Could Ruin ItBy Wired, March 31, 2023Microsoft in February announced its standard fees for...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Should AI Insights be Shared with Consumers, and How?
Interesting thoughts. Are analytic marketing methods shared with consumers? Resources at link. Should AI Insights Be Shared With Consumers? by Tom Ryan...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Automakers Develop Robot That Charges Your EV for You
Essential? But many things are not Automakers Develop Robot That Charges Your EV for YouFor the EV fence-sitters who find public charging cables too heavy orBy...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
A New Tiling
With a flip and some twists Roger Penrose has been floored. And perhaps re-floored. Here he is standing on the floor of the Mitchell Institute of Texas A&M, which...
From Schneier on Security
Russian Cyberwarfare Documents Leaked
Now this is interesting: Thousands of pages of secret documents reveal how Vulkan’s engineers have worked for Russian military and intelligence agencies to support...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC at AAAS: Surveillance, Assistance or Hinderance?: Caregiving Technologies for Older Adults Panel Recap
On the second day of the 2023 AAAS Annual Meeting, held in Washington, DC, the CCC supported its first of 6 panels, titled, Surveillance, Assistance or Hinderance...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What Early Adopters Can Teach Us About AI
Some good thoughts. What Early Adopters Can Teach Us About AIInterview with Thomas H. Davenport in APQCChatGPT burst upon the AI landscape in November 2022Only...
From insideHPC
Oregon Bill Would Penalize Data Centers for Failure to Meet Emissions Requirements Starting in 2027
A bill before the Oregon state legislature would penalize data centers for not meeting emissions standards starting in 2027 and could — if approved in Oregon and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What Training/Testing Data?
Interesting, was wondering which training data was used where, and the consequences. Is that readily testable? ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/TECH/GOOGLEGoogle denies...
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Unexpected Lunar Water Discovered
Easier colonization possible?Lunar Water Reservoir Discovered in Glass Impact BeadsTiny glass beads scattered across the Moon may contain enough water to sustain...
From The Eponymous Pickle