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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 Computational Complexity
On Nov 10, 2014 the TV show Scorpion mentions Software that is like ChatGPT for Music
Scorpion is a TV show that ran from 2014 to 2018. It involves a group of brilliant (to say the least) but socially awkward (to say the least) people who help the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Computers Compared
Useful, see link to full article linked to below there are 24 processors! Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Los Alamos National Laboratory compared...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Generational Differences Affect Consumer Attitudes Towards Ads
As a big advertiser, something we thought about. Meta ResearchHow generational differences affect consumer attitudes towards adsBy: Melanie Beer ZeldinOur research...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Demolishing the Journalism Industry Using AI?
Demolishing the Journalism Industry Using AI?By Futurism, May 12, 2023Google's new search interface, built on a model trained on unpaid-for human output, will swallow...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More on IBM and AI Today
We worked with IBM for years, Saw the kind of methods they were pressing that connected their work with Watson and game playing, but never got the impressionIBM...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Space Logistics
Northrup Grumman advances:What is SpaceLogistics?SpaceLogistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, provides cooperative space logistics and in-orbit...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Further Update on Elon Musk' s Brain Chip
Neuralink: Why is Elon Musk’s brain chip firm in the news?By Shiona McCallum Technology reporter in the BBCElon Musk's brain chip firm Neuralink has said thatThe...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Are ChatGPT's Good at 'Not'
Are ChatGPT's Good at 'Not' in QuantaMagazineMax G. Levy Contributing Writer, May 12, 2023Nora Kassner suspected her computer wasn’t as smart as people thought...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Europe's First 3D-Printed School Takes Shape in Ukraine
Europe's First 3D-Printed School Takes Shape in UkraineRadio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty (Czech Republic)May 25, 2023Humanitarian group Team4UA organized the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rodney Brooks Talks about AI
Comments here a little late, but good points.Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already And stop confusing performance with competence, says Rodney Brooks By Glenn...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Reclaim your name
In 2021 the Canadian government announced that Indigenous people would be allowed to use their ancestral family names on government-issued identity documents. For...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Online Cephalopod Course
Atlas Obscura has a five-part online course on cephalopods, taught by squid biologist Dr. Sarah McAnulty. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Expected performance of a Bloom filter
A hash function is a function that maps a value (such as a string) to an integer value. Typically, we want random-looking values. A Bloom filter is a standard data...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Al-Jazari: the father of robotics
Science fiction films are full of humanoid robots acting as servants, workers, friends or colleagues. The first were created during the Islamic Golden Age, a thousand...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuralink, Elon Musk's Brain Implant is Approved for Clinical Trials
Had not followed this before, will continue ...Neuralink says it has the FDA’s OK to start clinical trialsCompany isn't enrolling patients yet, but it has cleared...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ethereum Closes Security Hole with Energy-Saving Update
Interesting example of Security problem.Ethereum Closes Security Hole with Energy-Saving UpdateBy New Scientist,May 26, 2023.Running an Ethereum node allows a user...
From The Noisy Channel
Affordances for Conversational Search
In application design, affordances are cues that help users discover and explore how to interact with the application. Typical affordances for search applications...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Catalyzes Gene Activation Research, Uncovers Rare DNA Sequences
More amazement via AI. AI Catalyzes Gene Activation Research, Uncovers Rare DNA SequencesBy UC San Diego Today, May 25, 2023Investigating DNA sequences.Using machine...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Experitionary Cyberspace Operations
Good piece in Schneier: Expeditionary Cyberspace Operations Cyberspace operations now officially has a physical dimension, meaning that the United States has...
From The Eponymous Pickle