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AAAS Human Impacts of AI Symposium June 11th
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AAAS Human Impacts of AI Symposium June 11th

Join the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellows for a virtual symposium on Living with AI: The Human Impacts of AI on June 11 from 9:00 AM ET- 4:30 PM ET. Please...

State of China AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

State of China AI

ACM OPINIONThe Art of AIBy Project SyndicateKai-Fu Lee.Sinovation CEO and chairman Kai-Fu Lee says the best role for artificial intelligence in the future is to...

On Technology Adoption
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On Technology Adoption

On tech adoption, measurement and useful stage models of prediction diffusion.Technology AdoptionBy Peter J. Denning, Ted G. LewisCommunications of the ACM, June...

Healthcare Medical Virtual Assistant
From The Eponymous Pickle

Healthcare Medical Virtual Assistant

An example of assistants for healthcare.Healthcare AI Startup Phelix.ai Raises $1M for Medical Virtual AssistantBy Eric Hal Schwartz in Voicebot.aiHealthcare AI...

AI and Machine Learning DevOps
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI and Machine Learning DevOps

Aiming at a higher level of automation for quicker and more reliable for development and delivery. Really not all that different from the use of emergent analytical...

insideHPC Special Report: HPC and AI for the Era of Genomics – Part 2
From insideHPC

insideHPC Special Report: HPC and AI for the Era of Genomics – Part 2

This special report sponsored by Dell Technologies, takes a deep dive into HPC and AI for life sciences in the era of genomics. The report also highlights a lineup...

IOTA Smart Contracts
From The Eponymous Pickle

IOTA Smart Contracts

Brought to my attention, the use of smart contracts as is foreseen in the IOTA system we have been examining for use.  Most of the detail is at the link.Introduction...

Gap Adding More Robots
From The Eponymous Pickle

Gap Adding More Robots

Warehouse Robotics expands.Gap Rushes in More Robots to Warehouses to Solve Virus Disruption   By ReutersGap Inc. is deploying warehouse robots more quickly amid...

Password Changing After a Breach
From Schneier on Security

Password Changing After a Breach

This study shows that most people don't change their passwords after a breach, and if they do they change it to a weaker password. Abstract: To protect against...

[Book] New Laws of Robotics
From Putting People First

[Book] New Laws of Robotics

AI is poised to disrupt our work and our lives. We can harness these technologies rather than fall captive to them—but only through wise regulation.

Searching Websites the Way You Want
From The Eponymous Pickle

Searching Websites the Way You Want

Interesting for non-programmers, to use API's.  At the link some technical examples.Searching Websites the Way You WantMIT CSAILAdam Conner-SimonsMay 18, 2020Researchers...

Anti Wal-Mart Shoplifting AI by Everseen
From The Eponymous Pickle

Anti Wal-Mart Shoplifting AI by Everseen

Does it work?  Am a frequent user of self checkout systems and am always thinking of the implications vs other methods.  Here a piece from Wired.Walmart Employees...

Why Consumers Are Willing to Share Personal Information on Smartphones
From The Eponymous Pickle

Why Consumers Are Willing to Share Personal Information on Smartphones

Intriguing difference between phones and laptops.  Why Consumers Are Willing to Share Personal Information on SmartphonesWharton’s Shiri Melumad speaks with Wharton...

Microsoft Builds Supercomputer for OpenAI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft Builds Supercomputer for OpenAI

Some useful hints here about what is being contemplated.   And, of course, big companies like MS, Google, Amazon, Apple, IBM ....  have the access to huge amounts...

ExaAM Project Aims to Transform Additive Manufacturing through Exascale Simulation
From insideHPC

ExaAM Project Aims to Transform Additive Manufacturing through Exascale Simulation

In the latest episode of the Let’s Talk Exascale podcast, we are joined by John Turner of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is principal investigator of the ExaAM...

[Book] All data are local
From Putting People First

[Book] All data are local

“In our data-driven society, it is too easy to assume the transparency of data. Instead, we should approach data sets with an awareness that they are created by...

[Book] Health design thinking
From Putting People First

[Book] Health design thinking

Applying the principles of human-centered design to real-world health care challenges, from drug packaging to early detection of breast cancer.

Indoor Positioning for Retail Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Indoor Positioning for Retail Innovation

We worked on this problem for our own innovation center tests.A Smart Indoor Positioning System for Retail AutomationFor the last few years we’ve been hearing about...

Algorithm Selection, Design, as a Learning Problem
From The Eponymous Pickle

Algorithm Selection, Design, as a Learning Problem

Good way to look at it.   Many good points, ultimately technical.Technical Perspective: Algorithm Selection as a Learning ProblemBy Avrim BlumCommunications of10...

Alexa Monologues
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alexa Monologues

Alexa is expanding the possibilities.  Need more of this with clear understanding and response.Amazon Upgrades Alexa’s Long-Form Speech and Vastly Expands Custom...
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