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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 Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Convex Algorithms
Continuous can beat discrete Nisheeth Vishnoi is a professor at Yale University in the computer science department. The faculty there is impressive and includes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Alexa and HIPAA
Skill directions in healthcare. Requirements are interesting.Amazon Opens Applications for HIPAA-Eligible Alexa Skills Eric Hal Schwartz on September 11, 2020...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Finding the New from the Old
Makes the case that you can use older data to make useful conclusions. Though in our experience the required meta data was often not available. Physics/astronomy...![[Book] The Weirdest People in the World](/system/assets/0000/1953/030209_Vanderbeeken_Mark_250.small_square.jpg?1476779420&1260281963)
From Putting People First
[Book] The Weirdest People in the World
Provocative and engaging in both its broad scope and its surprising details, The WEIRDest People in the World explores how culture, institutions, and psychology...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Publishers vs Internet Archive
Came across this pre pandemic when I received a letter from my local library about them decreasing the number of digital 'copies' of books available. Had previously...
From insideHPC
Report: Nvidia on Verge of Arm Acquisition
The Wall Street Journal reported today that Nvidia is close to purchasing British chip designer Arm Holdings from SoftBank Group for more than $40 billion in aReport...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Voice Interoperability Initiative: Combining Assistant Contexts?
Had seen this mentioned before, but had not completely understood its implications. Considerable piece in Venturebeat. Overall implications for ultimate intelligence...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI and Restaurants
Instructive insights about an industry that is now under considerable pressure. ... AI Issues and Advances in the Restaurant and QSR (Quick Service Restaurant)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wolfram Alpha Notebook Turns One: Does Chemistry
This remains taking a close look at. We explored WolframAlpha itself. What I liked here was its use in specific context, like here: Chemistry. Does this help...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robot Dogs Exercise with Troops
Not unexpected, seems most of the examples shown are remotely controlled via tele operation as opposed to autonomous, but the latter, especially in supporting...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Are You Doing?
We’ve now finished the first week after Labor Day and at least in North America almost everyone is back to school. That may not mean physically back in a bricks...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Secure Quantum Communications
Intriguing application of quantum communication. Reminds me me some papers read in the way back about use of split wavelength data streams. Worth a look. Secure...
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Using a Graph Database
Reasonable argument,but needs more thought for particular context.Developers should consider using graph databases | InfoWorldGraph databases are proven architectures...
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Google Expected to See Antitrust
Antitrust looms, what will the implications be? Google does lots of very good work, don't what to see it reduced. Google Just Got Very Bad News and It Could Change...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Physics To Protect Data Over Standard Telecom Networks
Brought to my attention:Quantum Breakthrough to Protect Data over Standard Telecom NetworksIn an exclusive interview with Fortune, Quantum Xchange’s CEO John Prisco...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF CISE Distinguished Lecture: Former CRA Board Member Moshe Y. Vardi on Lessons from COVID-19
Former CRA Board Member, Moshe Vardi from Rice University will present “Lessons from COVID-19: Efficiency vs Resilience,” as part of the National Science Foundation...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Calamari vs. Squid
St. Louis Magazine answers the important question: “Is there a difference between calamari and squid?” Short answer: no. As usual, you can also use this squid post...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Lidar Becomng a Business
Advanced sensors growing up and competing, good direction. We examined this very early on for shelf inventory.Lidar Is Finally Becoming a Real BusinessThe success...
From insideHPC
The Hyperion-insideHPC Interviews: ORNL Distinguished Scientist Travis Humble on Coupling Classical and Quantum Computing
Oak Ridge National Lab’s Travis Humble has worked at the headwaters of quantum computing research for years. In this interview, he talks about his particular areas...
From The Eponymous Pickle