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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
Watch the Date and Patience Please
Forms of this blog have been around since 2001. Now, some 8300 plus posts. It covers both my thoughts, history and sometimes breaking news in information technology...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Now Let's Put Watson to Work
More on IBM's Watson AI ecosystem. I have enrolled. recall I have talked about our own work in this area, which mirrored IBM work in our enterprise. Seemuchtheir...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Buys More Robotics
They buy Bigdog robot makers. An MIT spinoff. Another interesting development, see their site which shows some impressive and even scary avatars. Recall Google...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Defying Gravity
In HBS Working Knowledge: Some interesting points on dangers to Wal-Mart's future. How can these risks be managed? " ... How much longer will Walmart's business...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Bow Tie
Snappy-looking bow tie. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Who Knew The Secret?
Controlled release of secret information Peter Winkler is a world famous mathematician who works mostly on combinatorial problems. He is famous for many things,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Engagement AI Goes Public in the UK
Not really AI, as I read it, not autonomous, but tele-operation, and the researching of how people would act and interact with local avatar robotics. What these...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Teacher Interview: Emmanuel Schanzer
Over the summer I posted a series of interviews with computer science educators. (see the index at CS Educator Interviews: The Index) ) One of the people I really...
From Schneier on Security
President Obama and the Intelligence Community
Really good article from the New Yorker.
From The Eponymous Pickle
IT as a Growth Engine for CPG
New from the GMA:" ... BCG and GMA study: CPG companies can benefit from viewing IT as a growth engine A large proportion of consumer packaged goods companiesGMA...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Plots for Cyclical Patterns
A method that is new to me, in Stephen Few's Perceptual Edge blog: Cycle Plots. " ... A cycle plot is a type of line graph that is useful for displaying cyclical...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
The Unsung Heroes of CSEDWeek
Today is the last school day of CS EdWeek and what a week it has been! The phenomenal success of Code.org's Hour of Code, a great CSTA CSEdWeek event in CO with...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bots Make up Most of Net Traffic
In BBC Tech: About 61% of net traffic is by bots, the study says. Of course bots do different things. One might be reading this blog, another might be part...
From Schneier on Security
World War II Anecdote about Trust and Security
This is an interesting story from World War II about trust: Jones notes that the Germans doubted their system because they knew the British could radio false orders...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Do we need academic copyright? Some historical perspective
It is commonly believed that we introduced copyright to entice authors into producing lots of quality work by providing them with increased financial incentives...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Common Cognitive Traps in Innovation
In the HBR: (Requires free registration): Key point being made is that estimation error can be a key skill for building innovation. Always try to build numerical...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GS1 Consumer Goods Newsletter
We were long time participating members of the standards body called GS1. I now only sometimes read their writings. Beyond standards they often talk about retail...
From Apophenia
Email Sabbatical: December 13-January 10
I call this year my year of triplets. Over the last few months, I had my first child, finished my book, and kickstarted a research institute. In planning this year...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Redefining Supply Chain
As part of a century and a half old, very successful enterprise, we had a supply chain group from well before I arrived there. It is essential to make the modern...
From Computer Science Teachers Association