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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 Schneier on Security
Manipulating Systems Using Remote Lasers
Many systems are vulnerable: Researchers at the time said that they were able to launch inaudible commands by shining lasers — from as far as 360 feet — at the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Safer Navigation in Unknown Territory
Key aspect of safer navigation .... dealing with uncertainty in unknown territory.ML Guarantees Robots' Performance in Unknown TerritoryPrinceton Engineering News...
From Schneier on Security
Check Washing
I can’t believe that check washing is still a thing: “Check washing” is a practice where thieves break into mailboxes (or otherwise steal mail), find envelopes...
From insideHPC
insideHPC Guide to QCT Platform-on-Demand Designed for Converged Workloads – Part 2
In this insideHPC technology guide, “insideHPC Guide to QCT Platform-on-Demand Designed for Converged Workloads,”as we’ll see, by relying on open source software...
From Computational Complexity
James Randi, Magicians-Author-Skeptic, passed away at the age of 92
James The Amazing Randi died on October 20, 2020, at the age of 92. He is survived byhis husband Jose Alvarez. His Wikipedia page is here A few Randi Points: 0)...
From My Biased Coin
ADAPT: Designing Activity-Informed Viral Diagnostic Assays
I wanted to give a pointer to a new preprint up on bioRxiv on developing diagnostic assays for viruses, by (first author) Hayden Metsky (and others!) out of the...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Does It Matter How Fast the Code Is?
I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with code lately. One of the things I have been experimenting with is cryptography (See Tiny Book of Simple Cryptography)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of the Kitchen
Our own innovation centers had 'kitchens of the future' to demonstrate product use and appliance integration. Consumer behavior in context. We invitedThe...
From The Noisy Channel
Putting Users Back In Control
Francis Fukuyama, Barak Richman, and Ashish Goel recently published a piece in Foreign Affairs, which they ambitiously titled “How to Save Democracy From Technology...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tesla Could Widen Release of Self Driving Software
More data being gathered, and likely getting closer to sharing roads with many more fully self-driving vehicles.Tesla could widen release of 'self-driving' software...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More Learning from Patrolling Spot Robotics
This kind of patrolled security, here on an oil rig, has been mentioned here before. Could be a mix of telepresence, and specific patrol routing. With cameraBoston...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Don't Fear the Robots
Robotics and Automation will also create many jobs, just be ready for those jobs.Don't Fear the Robots, and Other Lessons From a Study of the Digital EconomyThe...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of Industry Ecosystems
Useful look outlining the need for and nature of modern ecosystems, which ultimately create context for work and linking to analytics and AI, and results. Uncertainty...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (November 28th 2020)
Homework favours kids with wealthier and better educated parents. My own kids have access to two parents with a college education, including a father who is publishing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Autonomous Cars Delivering Meds in London
More attempts at automated delivery:Autonomous Green Robot Cars to Deliver Medicine Around LondonInteresting Engineering By Chris YoungA fleet of autonomous, electrically...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A New, Free, MIT Introduction to Machine Learning AI Course
We worked with MIT in a number of ways, with their supply chain group, their Media Laboratory and with a number of their researchers. Impressive group. I still...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coffee Analysis Using Pattern Recognition
Used to be in the coffee blend analysis and optimization space, so this was interesting. Nicely done. We did some similar things with classical optimization and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Zoom Abuse: TurkeyBombing
In the sense that your guard may be down to phishing when you are casually involved in video communication with family and friends.TurkeyBombing Puts New Twist ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rules as Code: White Paper
More on the direction of encoding legal rules and reasoning, like smart contracts, in coding. And their accurate use and manipulation. 'Rules as Code' will let...
From The Eponymous Pickle