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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
Rotor-Cipher Cryptography Machines
On rotor-cipher machines. A historical view, with comments.Via Bruce SchneierJon D. Paul has written https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-scandalous-history-of-the-last...
From insideHPC
Eni Upgrades HPE HPC Infrastructure via GreenLake
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced the upgrade of the supercomputer system of Eni, the Italian multinational supermajor energy company. TheEni...
From insideHPC
HPC: Stop Scaling the Hard Way
...today’s situation is clear: HPC is struggling with reliability at scale. Well over 10 years ago, Google proved that commodity hardware was both cheaper and more...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Static Analysis
Short intro to the idea and its application to managing software: In “Static Analysis: An Introduction,” author Patrick Thomson provides a perspective on the...
From insideHPC
Hailo Claims Record AI Chip Venture Round with $136M Series C
Artificial intelligence chipmaker Hailo today announced it has raised$136 million in a Series C funding round led by Poalim Equity and Gil Agmon. The company said...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM and Raytheon Collaborate
Collaborative breadth is very interestingIBM and Raytheon Technologies to Collaborate on Artificial Intelligence, Cryptography and Quantum TechnologiesOctober 11...
From insideHPC
IBM and Deloitte Launch Offering for AI in Hybrid Cloud Environments
NEW YORK AND ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 11, 2021 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Deloitte today announced a new offering—DAPPER, an AI-enabled managed analytics solution. The solution...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Translates 100 Languages
More translations emergences, MS beating equaling Google in number of languages covered. Do these methods create completely fluent multi lingual interaction? ...
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Trade Skill Schools and Pandemic
Virtual reality is not near enough as yet. So how do we teach physical skills? I was asked in recent days by a training manager of electricians. Quickly, Virtual...
From Computational Complexity
I have a book out on muffins (you prob already know that)
Lance: How come you haven't blogged on your muffin book? You've blogged about two books by Harry Lewis (see here and here) one book by the lesswrong community (see...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI to keep the Lights on?
This deserves a deeper dive, especially if you are into complex modeling of the operation of systems. The contest is over, but by examining the overview of the...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (October 10th 2021)
Evans and Chu suggest, using data and a theoretical model, that as the number of scientists grow, progress may stagnate. Simply put, in a large field, with many...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Updates for Apple Glass
Following Apple's look at Smart Glasses. Should note that Google Glasses are apparently still being used in test in some specialized situations. But not in any...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Pledges a Million to Secure Open Source
Securing Open Source.Google Pledges $1 million to Secure Open Source SoftwareBy Computing (U.K.) October 5, 2021Google has pledged $1 million in funding to a new...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
For software performance, can you always trust inlining?
It is easier for an optimizing compiler to spot and eliminate redundant operations if it can operate over a large block of code. Nevertheless, it is still recommended...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rise of Robo Voices
If we can insert voices, and are starting to insert believable synthetic 'acting', it may not be long before the entire experience will be fabricated? ACM NEWS...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Challenge: Are we Close to AGI?
Artificial General Intelligence. Quite interesting note ... we started in the 80s. How far are we now? Artificial General Intelligence: Are We Close, and Does...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retail Grocery Podcasts
Just reintroduced to Jungle Jim's International Market's Podcasts, which do a good job of introducing the novelty of their retail world. In our retail innovation...
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Compressing Data for Humans in the Loop
Compressing data for teleoperation. Human in the loop requires images that can be used to adapt to changing reaction times and decision making in coordination with...
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