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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 insideHPC
NTT Research and Tokyo Tech Announce Algorithm that Enhances Performance and Scope of Coherent Ising Machine
Sunnyvale, Calif. – December 20, 2022 – NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that scientists from the NTT Research Physics & Informatics...
From Schneier on Security
Trojaned Windows Installer Targets Ukraine
Mandiant is reporting on a trojaned Windows installer that targets Ukrainian users. The installer was left on various torrent sites, presumably ensnaring people...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mars Has Year Round Energy
Surprising?Mars has enough wind to power bases near the poles all year roundAn analysis of the wind energy available on Mars finds that one well-placed turbine...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
White Papers for Mid-cycle Robotics Roadmap Update due January 9, 2023
A reminder that white papers for a mid-cycle update to the Robotics Roadmap due January 9, 2023. Through support from the Computing Community Consortium (CCC),...
From Geeking with Greg
Are ad-supported business models anti-consumer?
Advertising-supported businesses are harder to align with long-term customer satisfaction than subscription businesses, but they make more money if they do. A common...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Thoughts on Optimization of Code
Donald E. Knuth famously said "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." The important word there is “premature.” Optimization is not a bad thing. It isn...
From insideHPC
Silicon Photonics and the Hunt for an HPC Bandwidth Bottleneck Breakthrough
“FLOPS are cheap, moving data is expensive.” In HPC circles this sentiment is heard often. There’s a growing sense that classical HPC systems and the advanced chips...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sears Hometown
Was informed of this some time ago and the name Sears struck me, in the day had consulted with Sears and often shopped there. Used to have the best prices. Knew...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Thoughts on Remote Factory Supply Chain Work
Thought is not new, a step towards the Metaverse? Increases in security concerns an issue, it canbe done, but will it be? Most supply chains are remotely...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Thoughts on ChatGPT
Diving deeper into this, definitely worth a look.As Google weighs in on ChatGPT, You.com enters the AI chatBy Sharon Goldman @sharongoldman, December 15, 2022Check...
From Schneier on Security
How to Surrender to a Drone
The Ukrainian army has released an instructional video explaining how Russian soldiers should surrender to a drone: “Seeing the drone in the field of view, make...![[Book] Co-Cities](/system/assets/0000/1953/030209_Vanderbeeken_Mark_250.small_square.jpg?1476779420&1260281963)
From Putting People First
[Book] Co-Cities
A new model of urban governance, mapping the route to a more equitable management of a city’s infrastructure and services.
From Computational Complexity
Voter Suppression, Harvard Style
The following appeared on Harry Lewis's blog, here, hence it is written in his voice, though it is a co-authored. You'll see why later. I then have some comments...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Europe, Germany, Gets first Exascale Super Computer
Europe get a big computing push. See here for more about the specs of Exascale computing.EUROPE GETS AN EXASCALE SUPERCOMPUTER Germany will host JUPITER, Europe...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile Augmented Reality Talent Sources
Agree, this is not common, perhaps in the game space? Appreciate the lack of connective knowledge. We spent some time at this in two very different domains....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Generative AI and Games
Intriguing approach .The Generative AI Revolution in GamesExcerpt from James Gwertzman and Jack Soslow in a16z.com, Andreessen HorowitzAI, machine & deep learning...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New AI Speeds Computer Graphics by Up to 5x
New AI Speeds Computer Graphics by Up to 5xBy IEEE Spectrum, December 1, 2022Examples of two-dimensional images rendered in three dimensions.Nvidia Instant NeRF...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Trust in Online Content Moderation Depends on Moderator
See also previous note about this topicFairly obvious if the background of moderators is accurately provided. By Cornell Chronicle, November 3, 2022A human andNearly...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fake News, Echo Chambers & Polarization: How Bad Is Social Media?
Sabrine Hossenfelder does a good job in covering a number of research papers on this important topic, and analyzes them. A fairly balanced look as I see it. ...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson