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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
Hugh Woodin, Kurt Godel, Dwayne `The Rock' Johnson, Robert De Niro, David Frum, Tom Selleck: Do I care what they think? Should I?
MATH:My last post on CH mentioned that Hugh Woodin used to think NOT(CH) but now thinks CH. In both cases his reasons have some math content to them. Also, note...
From insideHPC
Georgia Tech’s Vivek Sarkar Wins 2020 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) have named Vivek Sarkar of Georgia Institute of Technology winner of the 2020Georgia...
From insideHPC
ISC 2021 Calls for HPC Research Papers by Dec. 10, 2020
Submissions are now open for the ISC High Performance (ISC 2021) Research Paper Sessions. These sessions offer engineers and scientists in academia, industry, and...
From Schneier on Security
Google Responds to Warrants for “About” Searches
One of the things we learned from the Snowden documents is that the NSA conducts “about” searches. That is, searches based on activities and not identifiers. A...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Army Testing AR Goggles for Commanding Dogs
Had not seen the idea before. For remotely sending commands to dogs.The Army is Testing AR Goggles for Dogs A military dog wearing augmented reality goggles....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Towards a Digital Euro
More experiments in the space. Why is the ECB eyeing a 'digital euro'? by Florian Cazeresin TechxploreA digital euro would complement, not replace cashThe European...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Enables AI Debate
This could lead to AI being able to make 'arguments' as parts of business process. Could be used broadly, for example in courts and as parts of smart contractIBM...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Classifying Quantum Sources
An interesting kind of classification. Perhaps determining it origins. And as suggested, a faster way to do the classification. This is another example atML...
From insideHPC
Why HPC and AI Workloads are Moving to the Cloud
This sponsored post from our friends over at Dell Technologies discusses a study by Hyperion Research finds that approximately 20 percent of HPC workloads are now...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Are Black Holes Necessary?
Our congratulations on the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics Composite crop of src1, src2 Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, and Andrea Ghez have won the 2020 Nobel Prize...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Code Can Now be added in arXiv Manuscripts
Code is often very important in current research, so it makes sense to include it. But code of any non trivial amount is difficult to prove correct. so it adds...
From Putting People First
How an AI tool for fighting hospital deaths actually worked in the real world
It wasn’t just technical work but also significant social and emotional labor that turned Sepsis Watch, a Duke University deep-learning model, into a success story...
From Putting People First
How constant tech is breaking our brains
Fast Company spoke with tech pioneer Jaron Lanier, Microsoft CVP Emma Williams and Stanford professor Jeremy Bailenson.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sometimes Deep Learning Needs Help
Have had a long time interest in language, and as to how and why AI/DeepLearning, can serve in practice a means of (mostly) recognizing via an learned taxonomy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
An Internet of Plastic, Wireless Things?
Now here is something quite different. Thinking packaging applications. Others? Here Comes the Internet of Plastic Things, No Batteries or Electronics Required...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fully Driverless Ride Hailing Begins in AZ with Waymo
In Arizona. Could be a lead in to broad use of fully driverless vehicles. Consider the data being gathered an leveraged for use.Waymo Begins Fully Driverless ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI in Cybersecurity Attacks
We don't often think of this way, but tech like AI can be turned on us as well. Here a broad set of examples to consider as threats.3 ways criminals use artificial...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Voice vs Touchscreen at McDonalds
I note below the role of touch in spreading COVID, driving touch technology, but still a matter of public perception.COVID-19 may push retailers to use voice assistants...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Why is 0.1 + 0.2 not equal to 0.3?
In most programming languages, the value 0.1 + 0.2 differs from 0.3. Let us try it out in Node (JavaScript): > 0.1 + 0.2 == 0.3 false Yet 1 + 2 is equal to 3. Why...
From Schneier on Security