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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
Sketch to Realistic Image
Seen several attempts on this, but none that impressive. We used one to quickly map out possible process decisions. Implications of 'fake' are always there, but...
From Schneier on Security
Nation-State Espionage Campaigns against Middle East Defense Contractors
Report on espionage attacks using LinkedIn as a vector for malware, with details and screenshots. They talk about "several hints suggesting a possible link" to...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Catalyzing Computing Podcast Episode 24 – Game-Based Learning and Photovoltaics with Erik Verlage (Part 2)
A new episode of the Computing Community Consortium‘s (CCC) podcast, Catalyzing Computing, is now available. This is part 2 of Khari Douglas’ interview with Dr....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Baidu Doing Drone Forestry Inspections with AI
Recall I worked with forestry management applications, so the need here rings true. Note the system mentioned PaddlePaddle is open sourced.Baidu’s deep-learning...
From insideHPC
ARM-based Fugaku Stands on Summit of New Top500
The new no. 1 system on the updated ranking of the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, released this morning, is Fugaku, a machine built at...
From insideHPC
insideHPC Special Report: Citizens Benefit from Public/Private Partnerships – Part 2
This special report sponsored by Dell Technologies, takes a look at how now more than ever, agencies from all levels of government are teaming with private Information...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Simple Economics of the Blockchain
Considerable and interesting piece, well worth reading if you are considering blockchain use. And a proposition of the Blockchain's value. Not very technical...
From Schneier on Security
Identifying a Person Based on a Photo, LinkedIn and Etsy Profiles, and Other Internet Bread Crumbs
Interesting story of how the police can identify someone by following the evidence chain from website to website. According to filings in Blumenthal's case, FBI...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Relaunches Cortana without Alexa
Was initially impressed by the cooperation between Microsoft and Amazon, but admit I saw little from it. Why not not have a joint effort to provide assistant intelligence...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Nature of Visual Illusions
Always have been interested in visual illusions, and here a study of probably the most famous one. These gives us insight into how our brains and seeing apparatus...
From Computational Complexity
Winner of Ramsey Meme Contest
My REU program had a Ramsey Meme Contest. The winner was Saadiq Shaik with this entry: I Don't Always... I challenge my readers to come up with other Ramsey...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Introduces Watson Works with AI
Newly introduced:Watson WorksWork safe, work smart, and ensure the health and productivity of your people in a changing workplace ... Watson Works is a curated...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marty the Robot at Stop&Shop
Good view of what they are doing with robots at Stop@Shop. Mostly to map and feed video images and alerts to spills. Will not talk to the shopper. ImpressiveMarty...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blogger Being Updated
I have been alerted that the underlying Blogging capability here will be updated by the end of June. A quick test seems to show that no problems should occur,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Oil and Gas use of AI Technology
Worked with this industry for a while. Here a good non-technical overview:Oil & Gas Industry Transforming Itself with the Help of AI By AI Trends StaffThe oil...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Not Self Driving Cars, But Robots that Could Drive cars?
Interesting and bold challenge. Build a robot that would autonomously drive cars. With vision, decision making, interaction with car systems. Adapting to...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Some Real and Some Virtual News
Gossip and more. Composite of , src1, src3 Jessica Deters, Izabel Aguiar, and Jacqueline Feuerborn are the authors of the paper, “The Mathematics of Gossip.” They...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Algorithmic Design for Building
Algorithms both generating data and using data for the design and construction of buildings. Like managing pertinent metadata.Algorithms are designing betterSilvio...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Value Creation
Good piece. Take care to carefully measure the value.The Value of Value creationBy Marc Goedhart and Tim Koller, McKinsey Quarterly ( link to PDF)ChallengesThis...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog