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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 Putting People First
Rethinking human-AI interaction
This essay by AI specialist Jessy Lin explores some of the possibilities to rethink how humans and “intelligent” machines interact today.
From Putting People First
[Essay] Helsinki Design Lab ten years later
A survey of Helsinki Design Lab’s activities 2008–2013, with reflections on the three “bets” that the Lab made and their relevance today.
From Putting People First
[Paper] Foresight and Design: New Support for Strategic Decision Making
Integrating design with foresight enables decision makers to contend with changes coming from the world (inbound change) and changes the organization creates to...
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[Paper] Active consumer participation in smart energy systems
Designing energy services with a human-centered approach will allow us to rely on consumers not only as executors of changes in energy consumption, but also as...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Numenta Research Meeting: A Look at GPT-3
Also a talk on GPT-3 of interest ...Numenta Research Meeting: “Steve Omohundro on GPT-3” by omohundro On July 1, 2020, Steve Omohundro gave a talk on GPT-3...
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Omohundro on AI
Steve Omohundro was interviewed for the Universal Pictures documentary film “We Need to Talk About AI” which was released in the United States on May 18, 2020.Here...
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Chatbots Chatting
Now seen this a number of times, never very impressive.AI News What happens when Google’s chatty bot chats with a chatbot?Google Duplex impressed and scared the...
From insideHPC
VMware and Nvidia Partner on Hybrid Cloud Architecture
VMware and Nvidia announced today what the companies called “a broad partnership” in support of an enterprise platform for AI and a new architecture for data center...
From insideHPC
Craig Chadwell Joins SoftIron as VP of Product
London – September 29, 2020 – SoftIron Ltd., the leader in purpose-built and performance-optimized data center solutions, today announced the appointment of Craig...
From insideHPC
Hyperion Research: Covid-19 Driving Decline in HPC Server Revenues, But May Be Moderating
According to a newly released Hyperion Research Worldwide High Performance Technical Server QView, total worldwide technical server revenues were almost $3.1 billion...
From insideHPC
oneAPI Academic Center of Excellence Opened at Heidelberg University Computing Center for Hardware Heterogeneity
A oneAPI Academic Center of Excellence (CoE) is now established at the Heidelberg University Computing Center (URZ). The CoE will conduct research supporting the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Drug Discovery When it Matters
Also an interesting story about how collaboration can work.Can AI and Automation Deliver a COVID-19 Antiviral While It Still Matters? Researchers are betting that...
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Palm Sized Robotics
More in the space of miniature robotics, that could ultimately be brought together to do tasks.Video Friday: Bittle Is a Palm-Sized Robot Dog Now on Kickstarter...
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Materials Innovation at Argonne
New looks at innovation with AI and HPC at Argonne.Automatic Database Creation for Materials Discovery: Innovation From FrustrationArgonne National Laboratory ...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Celebrating Technology Leaders – Women Tech Entrepreneurs and Founders
Wednesday, October 14 at 3:00 PM ET/12:00 PM PT, a panel discussion featuring Shanea Leven (Founder and CEO at CodeSee), Rebekah Bastian (CEO and Co-Founder of...
From insideHPC
HPC End User Survey: Intel Xeon Still Dominates but AMD EPYC Gaining
Industry analyst firm Intersect360 has released partial results from an end-user survey identifying the top-rated processors, servers and cloud vendors, according...
From Schneier on Security
Negotiating with Ransomware Gangs
Really interesting conversation with someone who negotiates with ransomware gangs: For now, it seems that paying ransomware, while obviously risky and empowering...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking a Coffee Maker
As expected, IoT devices are filled with vulnerabilities: As a thought experiment, Martin Hron, a researcher at security company Avast, reverse engineered one of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Beyond 'Human as Backup'
Nice piece that discusses a common approach of 'Human as Backup' vs other human-in-the loop alternatives. Makes me think.Rethinking human-AI interaction 08 Jun...
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