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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Projects That Mean Something
Very often is seems as though teacher tend to assign projects that mean little if anything to any one. It is as if we feel that learning is medicine that only works...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Media Actionable? A Good Idea.
Some useful ideas in really undertanding new media. Although I thought we always did this, I do have examples where it did not work out that way. ' ... While...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Models of the Imagination
Some implications for advertising? Mindhacks on the power of fictional plots and stories.Psychologist Paul Bloom considers why imaginary characters and fictional...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Clarity and Charity in Reviewing
On May 4 I posted a short message titled “Fratricide and the Ecology of Proposal Reviews.”
From Wild WebMink
? BCS Rebels Finally Get A Voice
Rajan Anketell, one of the signatories calling the BCS EGM, said in a broadcast e-mail: “You will already be aware of the EGM call, of which I am a signatory. You...
From Schneier on Security
Terrorists Placing Fake Bombs in Public Places
Supposedly, the latest terrorist tactic is to place fake bombs -- suspicious looking bags, backpacks, boxes, and coolers -- in public places in an effort to paralyze...
From The Noisy Channel
Why Can
Prediction markets were all the rage a few years ago, two of the most notable being the Iowa Electronic Market forecasting electoral results and the now defunct...
From Wild WebMink
? BCS Leadership Targets Member Rights
On Monday I wrote about the crisis facing the British Computer Society (BCS) as its current leadership tries to jettison the old name. I found out about the move...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Unilever Strikes iAD Deal with Apple
Apple plans to start it's iAD on July 1:" ... a little over one week after iOS 4 becomes available to the general public. The iOS 4 update allows developers toBeyond...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Inspiration
Earlier this week Microsoft announced the winners of the 2010 Windows Phone 7 "Rockstar" Award. Two high school students from the Advanced Technologies Academytheir...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
GRAND Research Network
Last week, I attended the first GRAND Annual Conference. I didn't really know what GRAND (Graphics, Animation, New Media) was, but I knew my supervisor was a network...
From Schneier on Security
Fear in a Political Ad
Carly Fiorina wants to scare Californians into voting for her. Yes, terrorists kill -- about as often as home appliances.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Posing New Tools for Big Data
From Dataspora. Insightful post, starting to see increasing examples of this. Lots of good thoughts in this detailed piece: ' ... In my previous post , I discussed...
From The Eponymous Pickle