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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 Putting People First
The public’s role in COVID-19 vaccination
This report considers human factors in relation to future vaccines against the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), drawing on insights from design thinking and the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Should Workers Accept Pay Cuts for Working Remotely?
Excerpts and analysis of a survey, more details at the link,Should workers accept pay cuts in exchange for working remotely? by Tom Ryan in RetailwireA recentTo...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Webinar:Graphs for Cyber Security
Brought to my attention. Addresses my particular favorite advice: Carefully define your intent, direction and process when planning to do something importantWebinar...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (July 25th 2020)
I was taught that human beings only arrived to America recently (15,000 years ago). It turns out that it is wrong. There were human beings in America 30,000 years...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Article Summary Experiment: Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain
I had mentioned this article previously, found it interesting and well written. Here an experiment with its content. Below it is excerpted ... with summary...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GPT-3 and Crypto Assets
Just recently been talking digital Assets and how advances in crypto might influence them. Here a piece from Coindesk that talks some of the issues, considering...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blueprint for tools to Manage a Pandemic
Like the process and requirements statement for a specific set of goals. Often not done rigorously enough.Blueprint for the Perfect Coronavirus AppETH Zurich (Switzerland)...
From insideHPC
Intel Delays 7nm Chip Again – What Does it Mean for Aurora Exascale?
Intel’s elusive quest for a 7nm process chip, and its incorporation in Intel’s Aurora exascale supercomputer, have both been delayed by at least six months, according...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Introducing the Seattle Kraken
The Kraken is the name of Seattle's new NFL franchise. I have always really liked collective nouns as sports team names (like the Utah Jazz or the Minnesota Wild)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
US Wants to Build an Unhackable Quantum Internet
What does unhackable mean here? U.S. Hatches Plan to Build Quantum Internet That Might Be UnhackableThe Washington PostJeanne WhalenJuly 23, 2020U.S. officials...
From Computational Complexity
Virtual Complexity
The Complexity Complexity Conference, the conference that shares its name and URL with this blog, originally scheduled for Saarbrücken will be held virtually next...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Exploring Exploration
A very old proposition has said that if only we could make a system as inquisitive as a child, and had it able to learn and extend its knowledge, we could get to...
From Schneier on Security
Update on NIST's Post-Quantum Cryptography Program
NIST has posted an update on their post-quantum cryptography program: After spending more than three years examining new approaches to encryption and data protection...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Intel Building Artificial Skin
Modeling chips more closely to biological neurons.Researchers use Intel’s neuromorphic chip to build artificial skin By Maria Deutscher in SiliconAngleIntel Corp...
From insideHPC
DOE Unveils Blueprint for ‘Unhackable’ Quantum Internet: Central Roles for Argonne, Chicago University, Fermilab
At a press conference held today at the University of Chicago, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled a strategy for the development of a national quantum...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Works with Consumers with Data via AI
Some useful details here. Note different forms of data being used as an asset.P&G Gets Personal with Consumers through Data, AI Tech CollaborationBy Alarice Rajagopal...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Israeli Military Launches Radical New Google Maps Alternative
New approaches at detailed street maps.Israeli Military Launches Radical New Google Maps AlternativeForbesZak DoffmanJune 30, 2020The Israeli military has adopted...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Alexa-Live Sessions
Attended this, mostly either broadly general or deep technical. Dev and Device oriented. Like the direction, lots to do The on-demand pieces are at the linkDiscover...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Lego Data Talk
Lego is a favorite company for a number of reasons, met with their management in the 90s. Here an upcoming talk via Retailwire, plan to participate.LEGO: Brick Expert...
From The Eponymous Pickle