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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 insideHPC
The Hyperion-insideHPC Interviews: Hyperion’s Earl Joseph on the High Cost and High Potential of HPC Taking on ‘National Problems’
Earl Joseph, CEO of HPC industry analyst firm Hyperion Research, has been working in and scrutinizing HPC for decades, first on the vendor side and later as the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Templates for Computerized Robot Design
Seems a useful approach as we use robot solutions for more applications. Includes both physical designs and control programming. And Optimization to tasks involved...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Four Stages of Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
A good intro look at RPA from DSC. Below the intro, more at the link. A good place to start with AI oriented automation. Also not emphasized enough. I would...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Plans to Deliver Quantum Safe Crypto in Cloud
Much more at the link. Available at all scales, speeds, needs?IBM Cloud Delivers Quantum-Safe Cryptography and Hyper Protect Crypto Services to Help Protect Data...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Java Buffer types versus native arrays: which is faster?
When programming in C, one has to allocate and de-allocate memory by hand. It is an error prone process. In contrast, newer languages like Java often manage their...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Watch Plenary Presentations from the CCC’s Visioning Workshop on Reversible Classical Computing
In early October the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) held a virtual workshop on Physics & Engineering Issues in Adiabatic/Reversible Classical Computing. This...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Need the Right Data, Methods and the Willingness to use them
Challenges and Dilemmas in contextChina's Surveillance State Sucks Up Data. U.S. Tech Is Key to Sorting ItThe New York Times By Paul Mozur; Don ClarkChips from...
From Schneier on Security
Manipulating Systems Using Remote Lasers
Many systems are vulnerable: Researchers at the time said that they were able to launch inaudible commands by shining lasers — from as far as 360 feet — at the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Safer Navigation in Unknown Territory
Key aspect of safer navigation .... dealing with uncertainty in unknown territory.ML Guarantees Robots' Performance in Unknown TerritoryPrinceton Engineering News...
From Schneier on Security
Check Washing
I can’t believe that check washing is still a thing: “Check washing” is a practice where thieves break into mailboxes (or otherwise steal mail), find envelopes...
From insideHPC
insideHPC Guide to QCT Platform-on-Demand Designed for Converged Workloads – Part 2
In this insideHPC technology guide, “insideHPC Guide to QCT Platform-on-Demand Designed for Converged Workloads,”as we’ll see, by relying on open source software...
From Computational Complexity
James Randi, Magicians-Author-Skeptic, passed away at the age of 92
James The Amazing Randi died on October 20, 2020, at the age of 92. He is survived byhis husband Jose Alvarez. His Wikipedia page is here A few Randi Points: 0)...
From My Biased Coin
ADAPT: Designing Activity-Informed Viral Diagnostic Assays
I wanted to give a pointer to a new preprint up on bioRxiv on developing diagnostic assays for viruses, by (first author) Hayden Metsky (and others!) out of the...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Does It Matter How Fast the Code Is?
I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with code lately. One of the things I have been experimenting with is cryptography (See Tiny Book of Simple Cryptography)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of the Kitchen
Our own innovation centers had 'kitchens of the future' to demonstrate product use and appliance integration. Consumer behavior in context. We invitedThe...
From The Noisy Channel
Putting Users Back In Control
Francis Fukuyama, Barak Richman, and Ashish Goel recently published a piece in Foreign Affairs, which they ambitiously titled “How to Save Democracy From Technology...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tesla Could Widen Release of Self Driving Software
More data being gathered, and likely getting closer to sharing roads with many more fully self-driving vehicles.Tesla could widen release of 'self-driving' software...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More Learning from Patrolling Spot Robotics
This kind of patrolled security, here on an oil rig, has been mentioned here before. Could be a mix of telepresence, and specific patrol routing. With cameraBoston...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Don't Fear the Robots
Robotics and Automation will also create many jobs, just be ready for those jobs.Don't Fear the Robots, and Other Lessons From a Study of the Digital EconomyThe...
From The Eponymous Pickle