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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 Daniel Lemire's Blog
Modern vector programming with masked loads and stores
When you start a program, it creates a ‘process’ which own its memory. Memory is allocated to a software process in blocks called ‘pages’. These pages might span...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Model Transferability in Healthcare
Key issues of how AI models make predictions in healthcare domains. ACM OPINIONAI Model Transferability in Healthcare: A Sociotechnical PerspectiveBy Nature Machine...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Anyone can Build Omniverse Applications?
Though still a skeptic of the current Omniverse, I admit that NVIDIA being involved can make it move. Anyone Can Build Metaverse Applications With New Beta Release...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Unpiloted Military Helicopter
More autonomous devices. Unpiloted Military Helicopter Flies 134 km in Simulated MissionBy New Scientist, November 7, 2022A Black Hawk helicopter flying autonomously...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Being Future Ready
Thoughts from Forrester, thoughts on future readiness,Being Future Ready: From Security Awareness & Training To Adaptive Human ProtectionJinan Budge, VP, Principal...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Advanced Control of a Six-Qubit Quantum Processor in Silicon
Advances in silicon spin .....Advanced Control of a Six-Qubit Quantum Processor in SiliconBy QuTech, October 7, 2022The research shows that it's possible to increase...
From Schneier on Security
Using Wi-FI to See through Walls
This technique measures device response time to determine distance: The scientists tested the exploit by modifying an off-the-shelf drone to create a flying scanning...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Precise Finger Tracking
Fascinating and considerable piece. Had experimented with a much simpler proposed method of interacting with packaging materials. AuraRing: Precise Electromagnetic...
From Computational Complexity
Euclidean TSP is NP-hard but not known to be in NP. Why not known?
BILL: Lance, I was looking into TSP, metric TSP, Euclidean TSP since I am going to teach about P, NP, NPC, and approximating NPC problems and I came across theThe...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Algorithm for 2D-to-3D Engineering Integrates Art, Nature, Science
Interesting, How does this integrate these? Algorithm for 2D-to-3D Engineering Integrates Art, Nature, SciencePenn Engineering TodayDevorah Fischler, October 31...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Wants Us to 'Ignore' Web3
Too vague? Also a hit on Blockchain as "too slow, too expensive, and too public.".Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Wants Us to 'Ignore' Web3CNBC News, Ryan Browne,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Face Masks?
Nice idea if usefully effective and accurate.Smart Mask Tracks Respiratory Sounds for Disease IdentificationCity University of Hong KongNovember 2, 2022A smart...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Regulating Bossware
Had not seen this term for some time, but it is real. Can be more powerful now. Gvt regulation? ACM NEWSU.S. Government to Crack Down on "Bossware" That SpiesBy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robot Dog and AI Research
Robotics of this types create excitement about the possibilities. Robot Dog Contributes to AI ResearchBy Government Technology, November 3, 2022The University of...
From Schneier on Security
The Conviction of Uber’s Chief Security Officer
I have been meaning to write about Joe Sullivan, Uber’s former Chief Security Officer. He was convicted of crimes related to covering up a cyberattack against Uber...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Watching whales well – the travelling salesman problem ^JB
Island-hopping your way around the Travelling Salesman Problem (and back again).
From The Eponymous Pickle
Reproducibility
For further discussion of the issue see here.Researchers Have a Fix for Reproducibility Crisis in ScienceUSC Viterbi School of Engineering, By Julian Cohen,University...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robots Killing Cockroaches
Robotic InsecticideRobotic Laser Can Target, Kill CockroachesBy New Scientist, October 27, 2022The device is equipped with a laser, two cameras, and a small computer...
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McKinsey Explainers
McKinsey & Company A tablet and phone displaying the Mckinsey explainers You have questions. We have the answers.What is the future of work? How does inflation...
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