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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 Computational Complexity
Do We Need to Formalize?
Back in the 1990s I explored the system Nuprl for formalizing mathematical proofs. We had a theoretical paper on quickly checking a proof and I wanted to see if...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Responds to OMB RFC on Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of AI Draft Policy
Yesterday, December 5, CCC submitted a response to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s Request for Comments (RFC) on Advancing Governance, Innovation, and...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 6: patterned bauble: tracing patterns in computing – printed circuit boards, spotting links and a puzzle for tourists
Patterned baubles reminded us of printed circuit boards, and a puzzle to do with maps.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How fast can you validate UTF-8 strings in JavaScript?
When you recover textual content from the disk or from the network, you may expect it to be a Unicode string in UTF-8. It is the most common format. Unfortunately...
From insideHPC
Nexusflow Unveils Open-source Generative AI Model
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Dec. 5, 2023 – Nexusflow, a generative AI company targeting the cybersecurity industry, today announced the release of NexusRaven-V2, a 13-billion...
From insideHPC
Micron Announces Shipment of Micron 3500 Client SSD
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 05, 2023 — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced it is shipping the Micron 3500 NVMe SSD, which leverages its 232-layer NANDMicron...
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: Bonuses and promotions causing bad incentives
(This is an excerpt from my book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix It") Bonuses are a powerful incentive...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Deadline Approaching for Nominations for CRA-WP Early Career Awards
The following was adapted from content originally posted on the CRA-WP website by Lauren Lashlee, Program Associate. CRA’s Widening Participation Committee (CRA...
From Schneier on Security
The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. AI Will Enable Mass Spying
Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired a private detective to spy on you, that detective could hide a bug in your home or car, tap...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 5: snowman: analog hydraulic computers (aka water computers), digital compression, and a puzzle
We recommend keeping water (and snow) away from devices, but did you know you can make computers out of water?!
From insideHPC
Algorithmiq in Quantum Utility Path Demonstration with IBM Quantum
Helsinki and Yorktown, Virginia December 4, 2023: Algorithmiq, a scaleup developing quantum algorithms for life sciences, said it has run one of the largest scale...
From insideHPC
IBM Quantum Debuts 133-Qubit Processor and Quantum System Two
Today, at its annual IBM Quantum Summit in New York, the company debuted the 133-qubit Quantum Heron, the first in what IBM said will be a series of utility-scale...
From Geeking with Greg
The failure of big data
For decades, the focus in machine learning has been big data. More data beats better algorithms, said an early 2001 result from Banko and Brill at Microsoft Research...
From insideHPC
HPC News Bytes 20231204: The New Yorker on NVIDIA, the Open Benchmark Council, Intel and TSMC, Digital Twins for Hydropower
Here's a sprint (5:16) through the latest HPC -AI news, including: NVIDIA's big feature story in The New Yorker, the Open Benchmark Council's TOP100 lists, Intel...
From Schneier on Security
AI and Trust
I trusted a lot today. I trusted my phone to wake me on time. I trusted Uber to arrange a taxi for me, and the driver to get me to the airport safely. I trusted...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 4: Ice skate: detecting neutrinos at the South Pole, figure-skating motion capture, Frozen and a puzzle
This post is part of the CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar and we are publishing a small post every day, about computer science, until Christmas Day. This...
From Computational Complexity
Where do Non-Primitive Recursive Functions come up NATURALLY?
The following is a conversation between Clyde Kruskal and Bill Gasarch.CLYDE: Bill, a student, Ian Roberts, asked me if there are any non-primitive recursivehere...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 3: snowflakes – make your own six-sided HexaHexaFlexagon with our templates
Print and colour in (optional) a HexaHexaFlexagon then see if you can uncover all of Father Christmas' presents...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 2: Pairs: mittens, gloves, pair programming, magic tricks
Day 2 of our Christmas computing advent calendar and we're already seeing double.
From Schneier on Security