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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
Brainwashed Review
In the WSJ: A balanced review of correspondent Sally Satel and Scott Lilienfeld's book: Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuroscience and Marketing
In Mediapost, Elissa Moses posts a good introduction about a number of non conscious methods and their use in marketing analysis. For a largely contrary critical...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Technical + Creative
It's amazing how many people fail to realize that computing can be a creative field. In fact, in many cases, it has to be! For example, it makes no sense for me...
From Schneier on Security
Sixth Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest Semifinalists
On April 1, I announced the Sixth Annual Movie Plot Threat Contest: I want a cyberwar movie-plot threat. (For those who don't know, a movie-plot threat is a scare...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Free Computers For ISTE Attendees
Wow! Free computers. Hard to ignore that one. If you are heading out to San Antonia for ISTE 2013 Microsoft has a deal for you. They are giving away free Microsoft...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mini Windows Stores at Best Buy
I mentioned some time ago visiting a new Microsoft Store in the local mall. Located very close to the Apple store, which had been around for a couple of years....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retail Data Synchronization
Kroger and GS1 are beginning a three year Project Mercury effort to synchronize data. A key element of running any large, complex retail operation. " ... Under...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Moving to the Cloud Saves Energy
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Northwestern University have conducted a study and found that moving common applications to the cloud can...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Unemployed Geniuses
An intriguing article on the employment of genius. By their carefully limiting definition. Seen this effect relatively often. Genius does not always combine...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Telepresence Robotics in the Office
In IEEE Spectrum: Cisco and iRobot working to produce a telepresence robot. Conceptually an appealing idea, but I wonder about the practicality before robotic...
From Schneier on Security
Ricin as a Terrorist Tool
This paper (full paper behind paywall) -- from Environment International (2009) -- does a good job of separating fact from fiction: Abstract: In recent yearsThis...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mitigating Risk in the Supply Chain
In Industry Week:" ... Supply chain managers adopt new strategies to mitigate risks Research has shown that major interruptions in the supply chain can sap a company's...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tesco Supply Chain Big Data
From Tableau Software: Major global retailer on the use of visualization: " ... Tesco uses Teradata to warehouse their supply and inventory data. They've got...
From Schneier on Security
Trading Privacy for Convenience
Ray Wang makes an important point about trust and our data: This is the paradox. The companies contending to win our trust to manage our digital identities all...
From Computational Complexity
The Internship
Last weekend I took my teenage daughters to see The Internship, the Vince Vaughn-Owen Wilson vehicle where they play two forty-year old interns at Google. It basically...
From Schneier on Security
More on Feudal Security
Facebook regularly abuses the privacy of its users. Google has stopped supporting its popular RSS feeder. Apple prohibits all iPhone apps that are political orGame...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
FCC Emergency Access Advisory Committee Meeting on June 14
The FCC Emergency Access Advisory Committee (EEAC) will meet tomorrow, Friday, June 14, from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm EDT, to discuss the technologies and protocols...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Short History of TV
Though there is starting to be some serious competition at the edges, Television continues to be a very big means of one to many conversation. Ars Technica has...
From Schneier on Security
Essays Related to NSA Spying Documents
Here's a quick list of some of my older writings that are related to the current NSA spying documents: "The Internet Is a Surveillance State ," 2013. The importance...
From Putting People First