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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
Science and Technology links (October 10th 2021)
Evans and Chu suggest, using data and a theoretical model, that as the number of scientists grow, progress may stagnate. Simply put, in a large field, with many...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Updates for Apple Glass
Following Apple's look at Smart Glasses. Should note that Google Glasses are apparently still being used in test in some specialized situations. But not in any...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Pledges a Million to Secure Open Source
Securing Open Source.Google Pledges $1 million to Secure Open Source SoftwareBy Computing (U.K.) October 5, 2021Google has pledged $1 million in funding to a new...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
For software performance, can you always trust inlining?
It is easier for an optimizing compiler to spot and eliminate redundant operations if it can operate over a large block of code. Nevertheless, it is still recommended...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rise of Robo Voices
If we can insert voices, and are starting to insert believable synthetic 'acting', it may not be long before the entire experience will be fabricated? ACM NEWS...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Challenge: Are we Close to AGI?
Artificial General Intelligence. Quite interesting note ... we started in the 80s. How far are we now? Artificial General Intelligence: Are We Close, and Does...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retail Grocery Podcasts
Just reintroduced to Jungle Jim's International Market's Podcasts, which do a good job of introducing the novelty of their retail world. In our retail innovation...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Compressing Data for Humans in the Loop
Compressing data for teleoperation. Human in the loop requires images that can be used to adapt to changing reaction times and decision making in coordination with...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Helix Model for Future Proofing Organizations
Unaware of this method.Future-proofing the organization the ‘helix’ wayThe German auto supplier ZF Friedrichshafen is reinventing a key division. Its head of transformation...
From insideHPC
Exxact Corporation Releases NVIDIA HGX A100-powered Servers for AI and HPC
FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 6, 2021 — Exxact Corporation, a provider of high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and data center solutions, announced...
From insideHPC
3rd Annual HPC-AI Advisory Council and STFC DiRAC Conference, Oct. 13-14, to Explore the UK’s Science Superpower Agenda
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — The for community benefit HPC-AI Advisory Council, in collaboration with the UK’s Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) DiRAC Facility...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Media Lab and Blockchains for Secure Robot Teams
Interesting link, especially coming from the MIT Media Lab, where we had a membership. Blockchain Technology Could Provide Secure Communications for Robot Teams...
From insideHPC
Exascale Hardware Evaluation: Workflow Analysis for Supercomputer Procurements
By Rob Farber on behalf of the Exascale Computing Project It is well known in the high-performance computing (HPC) community that many (perhaps most) HPC workloads...
From The Eponymous Pickle
CarPlay Expands it Reach to AC, Stereo and Seats
Interesting view of what we might expect for new and updated capabilities, but not driving interfaces in the 'smart home' automotive division. So far there have...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GM and Cruise Get California DMV Approval for Waymo
Observing this space I have received many questions about how likely autonomous driving will become, and how soon. Mainly due to safety considerations. Yet there...
From insideHPC
Univ. of Nebraska Seeks $50M Fed Funding for HPC Center Expansion
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is seeking $50 million in federal dollars via the American Rescue Plan to fund supercomputing expansion to university’s Holland...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Interacting with Computers Through Smell
In our innovation spaces we also looked at 'communication', and sales via smell and taste. Since at the time we were makers of some very large coffee blends. Interacting...
From Computational Complexity
C++ is for Cookie and That's Good Enough for Me
Potbelly, a local sandwich chain, made me an offer I couldn't refuse: change my password and earn a free (and quite tasty) oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. A free...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Using AI in Particle Physics
An old interest of mine, how can AI be applied? An investigation. A further question: How can AI be used generally elsewhere as a means to 'drill' into a complex...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP