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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
Haptics (Touch) Update from ACM
A favorite topic, its part of how we understand reality, with good update here commissioned by ACM:A Touch of Reality By Samuel Greengard Commissioned by CACM...
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4 Chatbot Use Cases That Can Help Your Business Drive Revenue
Another good example of simple delivery of knowledge towards results.4 Chatbot Use Cases That Can Help Your Business Drive Revenue By Lydia Roth in The Alexa...
From Putting People First
VA creates US Government’s first-ever employee experience journey map
The employee experience (EX) journey map of the US Government’s Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) identifies the moments that matter during a VA employee’s career...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
P < NP In Our Stockings?
Brute force wins—sometimes Santa Claus is on the way to visit those of us who have been good. Tonight is Christmas Eve, and we want to thank everyone who has been...
From Schneier on Security
Russia’s SolarWinds Attack
Recent news articles have all been talking about the massive Russian cyberattack against the United States, but that’s wrong on two accounts. It wasn’t a cyberattack...
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Digital Instruments as Invention Machines
Regarding 'Knowledge Spillovers', admit I hadn't heard of that, but the term makes quick sense. Now can you optimize them for invention? Good article. Digital...
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The Social Clubhouse
Writeup on 'Clubhouse', mentioned to me in a conversation. As a possible next big social media thing. Note the Horowitz support. As usual, when I read these...
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Best of the Year Charts
Nathan put out some best of the year charts, on an expected topic.Best Data Visualization Projects of 2020It’s been a year. We saw a lot of charts. These are the...
From Computational Complexity
Slowest Sorting Algorithms
Radu Gigore tweeted "People are obsessed with finding the best algorithms. What about the worst?" So here's a Christmas gift that keeps giving, the slowest of sorting...
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California Approves Nuro for Delivery
Have been following Nuro for some time. With showed an interesting looking vehicle. Especially by the examination by Kroger. An autonomous delivery method. Nuro...
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Shoe Fitting Augmented Reaity
Likely we will commonly see AR type methods for trying on clothes.Does the Shoe Fit? Try It On with Augmented RealityThe New York Times By Kate CongerRetailers...
From Schneier on Security
How China Uses Stolen US Personnel Data
Interesting analysis of China’s efforts to identify US spies: By about 2010, two former CIA officials recalled, the Chinese security services had instituted a sophisticated...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Linguine allo Scoglio Recipe
Delicious seafood pasta dish — includes squid — from America’s Test Kitchen. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Small Giant Squid Washes Ashore in Japan
A ten-foot giant squid has washed ashore on the Western coast of Japan. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news...
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Worldwide Opinions on Impact of AI
Results of surveys by country. Quite bit of detail. Source is PEW Research. Here's how opinions on the impact of artificial intelligence differ around the world...
From insideHPC
The Good Hope Net Project and Russian Supercomputer Announce New COVID Milestone
Moscow, December 23, 2020 — International non-profit The Good Hope Net project aimed to develop treatment and diagnostic tools to fight against COVID-19 coronavirus...
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Machines to Understand Human Goals
Human goals are an important kind of context, so the ability is broadly useful.Building Machines That Better Understand Human GoalsMIT NewsBy Rachel Gordonhttps...
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ORCam Pen Reads Aloud Text
Seems quite a useful development: The OrCam Read is a pen-like AI-based device that reads aloud text to people with reading challenges. OrCam's AI-Based Reading...
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AI Predictions
Some end of year predictions for next year. I much like the title mentions, which I do think are important. But don't necessarily fully agree with all of the...
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