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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 …
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D-Wave Does 5000 Quantum Qubits
Recall we talked to D-Wave early on and followed them for a long time. see many previous posts.D-Wave’s 5,000-qubit quantum computing platform handles 1 million...
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Analyics and Data Scence Convergiing
I would say that good analytics also requires just the same care about data use and results curation. It has always been that way. Automating aspects of analytics...
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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...
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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 ...
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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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Implications of Private Security Drones
Again, private security drones are a completely inevitable direction.Are Amazon’s flying security drones a threat to homeowner privacy? by Tom Ryan in Retailwire...
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Hot areas for Encryption Innovation
Broad look at current activity.4 hot areas for encryption innovationResearchers are making progress on a variety of approaches to strengthen encryption techniques...
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Batteries Determining their own State
Was of interest to us when we were making batteries.Commercial battery cells that can monitor their own chemical and thermal state by Ingrid Fadelli , in TechExplore...
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One Star Reviews
Good discussion of the process of manipulating reviewing on Amazon. Have seen it a few times when scrolling about reviews AmazonAmazon's murky world of one-star...
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Airman and his Robot
The future of an augmented and networked military.Tech. Sgt. .... 321st Contingency Response Squadron security team, patrols with a Ghost Robotics Vision 60 prototype...
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Soft 3D Printing via NIST
All the examples I have seen up front are 'hard', seems a considerable update.NIST Scientists Get Soft on 3D Printing By U.S. National Institute of StandardsStandards...
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Rand: Predicting the Future
How Accurate Are Predictions for the Future? In the Rand Review, with some interesting links and some of Rands own contributions to the topic, the Delphi technique...
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Carebots vs Doctors
Just about to have my second remote Dr visit of the Pandemic era. So the question is home for me. Now this is just a phone remote visit, really just a conference...
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Self Erasing Chip
Some intriguing applications, could have used this for counterfeiting applications. Expiring analysis applications.A Self-Erasing Chip for Security, Anti-Counterfeit...
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Ring Makes a Home Patrolling Drone
This could be a life and home changer. Have seen some things that were similar. Can this work in the messy environment of a home? Ring made a security drone that...
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