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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 Schneier on Security
New Details on Skype Eavesdropping
This article, on the cozy relationship between the commercial personal-data industry and the intelligence industry, has new information on the security of Skype...
From Computational Complexity
Automate Me
An economist friend asked me if there were still productivity gains to be had for office workers (like us). After all, we have email, social networks, skype and...
From Schneier on Security
Love Letter to an NSA Agent
A fine piece: "A Love Letter to the NSA Agent who is Monitoring my Online Activity." A similar sentiment is expressed in this video.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Your GPA Doesn’t Mean Anything Useful
A recent interview in the New York Times with Laszlo Bock, senior vice president of people operations at Google had some interesting things to say about the value...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Waiting in Line
A long time interest of mine is covered in the current Knowledge @ Wharton, why and when do people balk in a queue? What are the dynamics involved and how can...
From The Eponymous Pickle
What Does Data Gate Mean for Marketers?
In Ad Age: Insightful, thinking now how about the interaction of privacy and big data. Are the algorithms involved also privacy sensitive? " ... In addition...
From Schneier on Security
The US Uses Vulnerability Data for Offensive Purposes
Companies allow US intelligence to exploit vulnerabilities before it patches them: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world's largest software company, provides intelligence...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Two Sides: APCS Principles
Last week there was an announcement of a multi-year $5.2 million grant from the NSF to fund creation of a new Advanced Placement Computer Science course calledCS...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Two Sides: Putting Industry Professionals in the Classroom
Mark Guzdial is one of the people I most respect in the area of computer science education so when he says something is good or bad I tend to take it very seriously...
From Putting People First
Book: Trust is a Choice
Trust is a Choice – Prolegomena of Anthropology of Trust(s) by Stephanie A. Krawinkler 189 pages, 2013 Carl-Auer Verlag (Publisher) [Amazon link] [Extract] Trust...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Take Our Quick Survey
We invite you to take a few minutes to complete a brief survey by the Computing Research Association (CRA). Your feedback is important to us and helps improve our...
From Schneier on Security
Petition the NSA to Subject its Surveillance Program to Public Comment
I have signed a petition calling on the NSA to "suspend its domestic surveillance program pending public comment." This is what's going on: In a request today...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Notes Technology In Letter to Voting Commission
On Friday the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, established earlier this year by Executive Order, will hold its first public meeting in Washington...
From The Eponymous Pickle
CPG Growing With Innovation
Short piece on the use of innovation and digital marketing to improve CPG sales. " ... A new report by the GMA and PwC found that despite lagging sales in 2012...
From Schneier on Security
Finding Sociopaths on Facebook
On his blog, Scott Adams suggests that it might be possible to identify sociopaths based on their interactions on social media. My hypothesis is that scienceknow...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Managing Creative People
In Fastcompany. Good view. Frequently an issue. Especially if the people involved do not have the very best people skills. How many of us do. Individual creativity...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GE and Industrial Data in the Cloud
In CWorld: " ... GE thinks it's time to put industrial data in the cloud. The company is introducing a platform for collecting and analyzing data from industrial...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fake Shops
In our innovation labs we experimented with using false front displays to set contexts for consumers in a laboratory. Interesting and obvious idea, but the coverings...
From Schneier on Security
Cost/Benefit Questions NSA Surveillance
John Mueller and Mark Stewart ask the important questions about the NSA surveillance programs: why were they secret, what have they accomplished, and what do they...
From Wild WebMink