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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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Thinking Crisis Quotients
Worthwhile considerations. Useful examples.What is your crisis quotient? in Strategy-Business A new metric can help identify potential leaders who have whatby...
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Shuold Machines Replace Mathematicians
Don't see it yet more likely an augmentation for now. Should Machines Replace Mathematicians?By Scientific American, July 11, 2022Mathematics in the future might...
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Same Symptom—Different Cause?
Extracting subtypes of illness from Molecular dataSame Symptom—Different Cause?Technical University of Munich (Germany), May 27, 2022Scientists at Germany's Technical...
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AI Threatened by Too Little Data
Some good points made. Is AI threatened by too little data? by Mary Shacklett in Artificial Intelligence in TechRepublic Knowing when to limit your data dramatically...
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On the Cradle of the Computer
Nicely done short piece on the history of the computer by Herbert Bruderer in the ACM. Where is the Cradle of the Computer? By Herbert Bruderer, June 20, 2022...
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Intro to Edge Computing from NVIDIA
Looks to be useful. An Introduction to Edge Computing: Common Questions and Resources for SuccessBy Troy Estes Nvidia Vision / Video Analytics, edge computing...
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Captions Everywhere
Useful to see capabilities listed.Why Captions Are Suddenly Everywhere and How They Got ThereBy Associated Press, June 30, 2022Captions are becoming more widely...
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Can Computers Understand Complex Words, Concepts?
Provocative questions on understanding concepts.Can Computers Understand Complex Words, Concepts?UCLA NewsroomStuart Wolpert, June 16, 2022Researchers at the University...
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On Quantum Metrology
Admit had not heard of this application. Sabine Hossenfelder Quantum MetrologyQuantum mechanics is famous for its uncertainty principle that limits what you can...
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Three Dimensional Digital Knitting
Interesting application for mundane and health care applications. 3DKnITS: Three-dimensional Digital Knitting of Intelligent Textile Sensor for Activity Recognition...
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Thoughts on the Future of Information Work
Important in many ways.The Future of Information WorkBy Longqi Yang, David Holtz, Sonia Jaffe, Siddharth SuriCommunications of the ACM, July 2022, Vol. 65 No.COVID...
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Max Planck on Mimicking Brain Cortex
Intriguing idea of mimicking brains. Technical. Advanced 'mini brains' in a dish: Organoids that mimic human brain cortex in development and disease by Max"Outer...
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Course the Military is on it
Also worked with an an example in this space:The U.S. Military Is Building Its Own Metaverse, By Wired, July 6, 2022On May 10, two fighter pilots performed aIt...
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More Mckinsey on the MetaVerse
Another piece by McKinsey on the Metaverse. They seem to be obsessed by it. It again is worth taking a look at it, but there are no guarantee it will be the"...
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Supply Chain Networks are Changing Shoud We Change organizations?
Some useful thoughts are presented.Supply Chain Networks are changing, Should Supply Chain Organization Design Follow? By Alan O’Keeffe from GartnerSupply chain...
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Physicists Rewrite the Fundamental Law That Leads to Disorder
Technical and intriguingThe second law of thermodynamics is among the most sacred in all of science, but it has always rested on 19th century arguments about probability...
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Lettting Drones Fly Out of Sight
This came to mind in an efficiency/cost vs safety analysis of late. Will see an increase of commercial use.The Next Frontier for Drones: Letting Them Fly Out...
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3D Printing Advances
Brief look at updates in 3d Printing. 3D Printing Grows Beyond Its Novelty RootsThe New York Times, Steve Lohr, July 3, 2022Companies like Massachusetts Institute...
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Bitcoin Blockchain Activity Plummets
'Tourism' in the space a new term to me. Bitcoin blockchain activity has plummeted in recent months in Techradar By Sead Fadilpašić published about 1 hour agoBitcoin...
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