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Identifying Birds from Behind
From The Eponymous Pickle

Identifying Birds from Behind

Not banned for bias yet.   So at least we can continue to fine tune accuracy as needed and apply it to studies to help the avian world.Birdwatching AI can recognise...

Neural Search for Scaling and Efficiency
From The Eponymous Pickle

Neural Search for Scaling and Efficiency

Useful look at a different kind of more precise search.  Neural search has the opportunity to learn over time, and be more semantically correct.   It also should...

Quantum Cryptography Explained
From The Eponymous Pickle

Quantum Cryptography Explained

A good non-technical, but still challenging explanation of how key-based and then  'quantum cryptography' works.  Also touches on some of the remaining challenges...

Autonomous Ship Use Expanding
From The Eponymous Pickle

Autonomous Ship Use Expanding

Continued look at autonomous maritime shipping to decrease costs of large scale supply chains.Sea Machines raises $15 million for autonomous ship navigationKyle...

Swarms of Drones
From The Eponymous Pickle

Swarms of Drones

We examined the idea of having swarms of drones performing subtasks in groups. its been much kicked about, and recently implemented, especially for military applications...

Should Workers Accept Pay Cuts for Working Remotely?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Should Workers Accept Pay Cuts for Working Remotely?

Excerpts and analysis of a survey, more details at the link,Should workers accept pay cuts in exchange for working remotely?  by Tom Ryan in RetailwireA recentTo...

Webinar:Graphs for Cyber Security
From The Eponymous Pickle

Webinar:Graphs for Cyber Security

Brought to my attention.  Addresses my particular favorite advice:  Carefully define your intent, direction and process when planning to do something importantWebinar...

Article Summary Experiment: Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain
From The Eponymous Pickle

Article Summary Experiment: Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain

I had mentioned this article previously, found it interesting and well written.   Here an experiment with its content.   Below it is excerpted ...  with summary...

GPT-3 and Crypto Assets
From The Eponymous Pickle

GPT-3 and Crypto Assets

Just recently been talking digital Assets and how advances in crypto might influence them.  Here a piece from Coindesk that talks some of the issues, considering...

Blueprint for tools to Manage a Pandemic
From The Eponymous Pickle

Blueprint for tools to Manage a Pandemic

Like the process and requirements statement for a specific set of goals.  Often not done rigorously enough.Blueprint for the Perfect Coronavirus AppETH Zurich (Switzerland)...

US Wants to Build an Unhackable Quantum Internet
From The Eponymous Pickle

US Wants to Build an Unhackable Quantum Internet

What does unhackable mean here?   U.S. Hatches Plan to Build Quantum Internet That Might Be UnhackableThe Washington PostJeanne WhalenJuly 23, 2020U.S. officials...

Exploring Exploration
From The Eponymous Pickle

Exploring Exploration

A very old proposition has said that if only we could make a system as inquisitive as a child, and had it able to learn and extend its knowledge, we could get to...

Intel Building Artificial Skin
From The Eponymous Pickle

Intel Building Artificial Skin

Modeling chips more closely to biological neurons.Researchers use Intel’s neuromorphic chip to build artificial skin  By  Maria Deutscher in SiliconAngleIntel Corp...

P&G Works with Consumers with Data via AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

P&G Works with Consumers with Data via AI

Some useful details here.  Note different forms of data being used as an asset.P&G Gets Personal with Consumers through Data, AI Tech CollaborationBy Alarice Rajagopal...

Israeli Military Launches Radical New Google Maps Alternative
From The Eponymous Pickle

Israeli Military Launches Radical New Google Maps Alternative

New approaches at detailed street maps.Israeli Military Launches Radical New Google Maps AlternativeForbesZak DoffmanJune 30, 2020The Israeli military has adopted...

Alexa-Live Sessions
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alexa-Live Sessions

Attended this, mostly either broadly general or deep technical.  Dev and Device oriented.  Like the direction, lots to do  The on-demand pieces are at the linkDiscover...

Lego Data Talk
From The Eponymous Pickle

Lego Data Talk

Lego is a favorite company for a number of reasons, met with their management in the 90s. Here an upcoming talk via Retailwire, plan to participate.LEGO: Brick Expert...

Image GPT
From The Eponymous Pickle

Image GPT

Been looking at GPT from OpenAI, and at their site found Image GPT.   There a number of links to technical papers at the pieces below:OpenAI first described GPT...

Responsible Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Responsible Innovation

Google reports on what they believe is responsible.   Considerable piece.   Lots of words.An update on our work on AI and responsible innovationKent Walker  SVP...

Meshing and Simulation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Meshing and Simulation

Design meshes are  a means for determining the design of simulation, especially for design problems.  Good discussion.Better simulation meshes well for design software...
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