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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Privacy and Compliance Expertise from P&G
Once again I point to Sandra Hughes' Web site. She was previously chief privacy officer at Procter & Gamble. We were colleagues in those years. We met again...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Computing Table Tops
We saw demonstrations of tabletop computing nearly a decade ago at several labs. Yet the format has not taken hold, though a few systems are still available. At...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Income Mobility in the US
MJ Perry writes and provides an informative map. Shale oil is a big driver.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retail and Big Data
A case of retailer A&P using a big Data Portal. " ... This cloud-based portal enables retailers to share their proprietary data – including point of sale (POS)...
From Schneier on Security
How the FISA Court Undermines Trust
This is a succinct explanation of how the secrecy of the FISA court undermines trust. Surveillance types make a distinction between secrecy of laws, secrecy of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Crowdsourced AI Includes Everyday Knowedge
In New Scientist: An AI that is apparently equivalent to a 4 year old in a verbal test. A big part of intelligence is our ability to manage our knowledge of"...
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Interactive Playground
Had not heard much from Disney of late in the digital world. But now an interesting play. Reminiscent of other simulation world ideas, which are usually difficult...
From Putting People First
SAP reaching out through user experience and design thinking
Recent SAP application forays include everything from a My Runway fashion shopping application to wellness applications that involve wearable sensors to Big Data...
From Schneier on Security
Marc Rotenberg on the NSA Supreme Court Suit
Marc Rotenberg of EPIC explains why he is suing the NSA in the Supreme Court. And USA Today has a back and forth on the topic.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Mike Zamansky
Mike Zamansky (wearing the white shirt in the center of the picture) has created a very impressive computer science program at one of New York’s top entrance exam...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Congress to Consider Copyright This Week
Two U.S. House of Representatives committees will consider copyright issues at three hearings this week. Markup of H.R. 1123: The Unlocking Consumer Choice and...
From Schneier on Security
Prosecuting Snowden
I generally don't like stories about Snowden as a person, because they distract from the real story of the NSA surveillance programs, but this article on the costs...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Datification of Business
Datification is a new term for me, but a natural next step. In our own enterprise we drove the use of data for a long time. Many other companies are now discovering...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stouffer Mobile Marketing
In iMediaConnect: An example of how a company links past behavior to promotion. Apparently a big success: " .... How do you reach customers right at the point...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 22
July 23 Hearing: The Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on cybersecurity and Asia. 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
When You Picture an Engineer, You Probably Don't Picture Me
Debbie Sterling has experienced life as someone who doesn't fit in. In her inspiring TEDx talk, she shares her story of how she discovered engineering, and makes...
From Apophenia
Choosing the “Right” Maternity Leave Plan
As I prepare to go on parental leave, I’ve been forced to contend with countless well-intended people telling me how to “do it right” (or tsk tsking me as though...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Boost Creativity not Just Sales
In Fastcompany: Do interesting things. An early goal of our innovation centers. Make a space that will boost innovaton for workers. Connect it with lots ofLesson...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Points Mean Something
They do. Book of interest brought to my attention: Data Points: Visualization That Means Something by Nathan Yau"Whether it's statistical charts, geographic maps...
From Schneier on Security