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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
You cannot scale creativity
As a teenager, I was genuinely impressed by communism. The way I saw it, the West could never compete. The USSR offered a centralized and efficient system that...
From Schneier on Security
Master Keys
Earlier this month, a retired New York City locksmith was selling a set of "master keys" on eBay: Three of the five are standard issue for members of the FDNY,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Group Intelligence
On Group Intelligence: In the HBR blog network. Collective intelligence is a complex issue. It clearly deals with IQ and social aptitude. " ... work is...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 15 October 2012
Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. One of the things I did was to attend the New Hampshire TechFest at a local high school. NH TechFest is an annual event...
From Wild WebMink
Eric Whitacre Interview
I missed this interview by Bob Edwards when it was first posted – full of personality and insight, worth taking the time to listen to the whole 45 minutes.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brain Simulation
The EU's human brain research simulation project. Have seen a number of attempts to do this kind of thing. None that have made significant progress that I can...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tips for Data Success
Doug Lautzenheiser's tips for success. Do predictive analytics with big data. He as a seasoned data practitioner and has some great analysis and advice. Further...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Accelerating the Speed of Intelligence for Fast and Flexible Results
More on flexible and quick forecasting From A report prepared by CFO Research Services in collaboration with SAP: September 2011. " ... Accelerating the Speed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Must be Fast, Diverse
In GigaOM: A good case is made that the 'bigness' of data is often not enough. In addition, I add: Bigness means you can often find patterns that will be useful...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smarter Vending
Ever since several trips to Japan and their wonderfully complete universal vending capabilities. I have researched the use of vending machines and their integration...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
On the value of a CS education
Back at the beginning of my career a hiring manager told me that he almost recommended that I not be interviewed because I had been formally trained in college....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Creativity and Economy
An article called Why Creativity is the New Economy led me back to the blog and site: Visual Mapping. A favorite topic. We are all visual thinkers. Visual thinking...
From Schneier on Security
Another Liars and Outliers Review
I was reviewed in Science: Thus it helps to have a lucid and informative account such as Bruce Schneier's Liars and Outliers. The book provides an interesting...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Car
A squid art car. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G's Listening and Response Post
In AdAge: Many companies do this, but the details are interesting here. Create a near real time interaction with flows of data. Visualize and mine it to make...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Intelligence Symposium
UPDATE: I have now seen the list pf participants, and this will be an exciting and informative local meeting about the topic. Meet a number of local practitioners...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Acoustic Barcodes
A European colleague sends this piece about acoustic bar codes. It is a hack, but I like the idea of being able to interact with packaging or display via a touch...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
My Brief Visit to E-Learn
I went to Montreal on Wednesday to present my work on what makes augmented reality good for learning (and in general, really). The conference was the World Conference...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
My Thing About The “Thing” Movies
A geometric puzzle based on the Thing movies James Arness was not a scientist, but was an actor who is best known for having played Marshall Dillon in the long-running...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson