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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
Open Sourcing Farm of the Future
First I had seen open sourcing in this domainMicrosoft open sources its ‘farm of the future’ toolkitJake Siegel, Oct 6, 2022FARMINGTON, Wash. – The gently rolling...
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Asteroid Hits Earth Shortly After Discovery
With pictures at link. This happens often, but here apparently with a specific prediction.Asteroid hit Canada hours after discoveryPosted by, Kelly Kizer Whitt...
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An Interplanetary File System
Idea is new to me.Why the Internet Needs the Interplanetary File SystemPeer-to-peer file sharing would make the Internet far more efficientYiannis Psaris, Jorge...
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New Brain Models
Alternative, competitive models are always good.A New Brain Model Could Pave the Way for Conscious AIA new model of the human brain.A new study presents a newGuillaume...
From Geeking with Greg
Experimentation and metrics
Since the early days of the Web, I've been a fan of A/B testing for promoting innovation and ideas. But A/B testing is a tool. Like any tool, it can be used well...
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Internet Law and Moderation Transparency
Happened on the Stanford Cyberlaw Center, and notably Transparency laws. Here an excerpt, which leads to more ... Had not taken a look there for some time. ...
From Putting People First
Climate change and human behaviour
This Focus of Nature Magazine, a collaboration between Nature Human Behaviour and Nature Climate Change, features a broad range of Review and Opinion content on...
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Low Cost Legged Robotics
Low cost, especially useful for testing out proposed uses, sounds good. Low-Cost Robot Ready for Any Obstacle By Carnegie Mellon University News, NovemberA...
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Experts Making Complex Decisions
Note also my mention of 'process mining' which can lead to and simplify useful decision making. How Experts Make Complex DecisionsBy studying 200 million chess...
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Microsoft Mines Process
We worked with Microsoft to explore process mining: Was a good idea, Now they are further investing in the idea. See my links on the examination in this blog...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Brains
Researchers have new evidence of how squid brains develop: Researchers from the FAS Center for Systems Biology describe how they used a new live-imaging technique...
From insideHPC
Quantum Computing Users Work Alongside Classical Supercomputers: An Interview with Travis Humble at Oak Ridge Lab
By Katie Elyce Jones, Editor, PillarQ As the high-performance computing (HPC) community looks beyond the brink of Moore’s Law for solutions to accelerate future...
From Schneier on Security
First Review of A Hacker’s Mind
Kirkus reviews A Hacker’s Mind: A cybersecurity expert examines how the powerful game whatever system is put before them, leaving it to others to cover the cost...
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NSA Urges Shift to Memory Safe Programming Languages
Useful thoughts also mentioned in detail in current 'Security Now'In MalwareBytes: NSA urges shift to Memory Safe Programming LanguagesSee here: statement from...
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Microsoft Teams Gets Improved Sign Language
New accessibilityMicrosoft Teams is getting a sign language view in theVergeThe new accessibility feature creates a larger, high-quality view for interpreters...
From insideHPC
ACM Accepting Nominations for New Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling
New York, NY, November 17, 2022 – To highlight and encourage more research focused on modelling the devastating impact of climate change, ACM, the Association for...
From Schneier on Security
Successful Hack of Time-Triggered Ethernet
Time-triggered Ethernet (TTE) is used in spacecraft, basically to use the same hardware to process traffic with different timing and criticality. Researchers have...
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Single Drop Blood Test on Smartphone
Blood Testing streamlinedBlood Test Only Needs a Drop and a Smartphone for Results The tech shows promise, although user-friendly “single drop of blood” platforms...
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An AI with Artificial Sleep
Novel thought, We worked with UCSD.AI Uses Artificial Sleep to Learn New Task without Forgetting the LastBy New Scientist, November 16, 2022The researchers simulated...
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