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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 CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
What the real Pros say
Here is what some (female) computer scientists and electronic engineers said that they most liked about their job and the subject.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Machine Learning Street talk: Wolfram Announcement
I mentioned the below announcement of being able to plug in WolframAlpha capabilities in ChatGPT. I found the the talk here to be insightful about how language...
From Computational Complexity
The SIGACT Book Review column list of books it wants reviewed
I am posting this for Nick Tran who is the current SIGACT Book Review Editor (before him it was Fred Green for about 6 years, and before him it was me (Bill Gasarch)...
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More on Plugins and ChatGPT
Intro below, saw the intro from wolfram. Am inclined to think this is a big deal, Like Apps within searches. Will be exploring this in the coming weeks....
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Gates Agrees about Importance of Current AI
More agreement about AI advances.Bill Gates: AI is most important tech advance in decadesBy Tom Gerken BBC Technology reporterMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates...
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Metal Detecting from the Air
Recall a DOD project looking a a related problem. Hope this does not become an issue in greater Europe.Metal-Detecting Drone Could Autonomously Find Land Mines...
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A Legal Challenge to Algorithmic Recommendations
Regulation required.A Legal Challenge to Algorithmic RecommendationsBy Pamela SamuelsonCommunications of the ACM, March 2023, Vol. 66 No. 3, Pages 32-34Credit:A...
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AI Godfather says New Tech Could be Dangerous
Well known AI Scientist Geoffrey Hinton, often mentioned here, who we followed closely n the 80s, says AI is real, and conceivably threatening humanity. Equivalent...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The 2022 Turing Award
Bob Metcalfe is the sole winner of the 2022 Turing Award. He keyed the development of Ethernet technology growing out of his PhD thesis while at Xerox PARC in the...
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Large Language Models: A Cognitive and Neuroscience Perspective
Irving does an excellent review and links to much work about LLMs, Large Language Models, and oter topics that are now much in the news. Below an intro. I planA...
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Capturing What is Said
The value of good speech to text. Capturing What is Said, By Esther SheinCommissioned by CACM Staff, March 23, 2023A very basic flow chart for the conversion of...
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Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and creator of Moore's Law, dies aged 94
Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and creator of Moore's Law, dies aged 94Published, 14 hours ago in the BBC. Silicon Valley pioneer and philanthropist Gordon Moore...
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Yes, ChatGPT Is Coming for Your Office Job
Have now seen a number of posts brainstorming this, and considering what I have seen, there re many reasonable ideas, and in particularly easy to test with even...
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Would a TikTok Ban Cripple Influencer Marketing?
Been following this recently on Youtube, novelty key. Much more by marketing experts at the link.Would a TikTok Ban Cripple Influencer Marketing?Mar 21, 2023, ...
From Geeking with Greg
Are ad-driven business models bad?
There's been a lot of discussion that ad-driven business models are inherently exploitative and anti-consumer. I think that's both wrong and not a helpful way to...
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Susan Kare: Icon Draw
Graphical User Interfaces completely changed the way we used computers. A key to their success were clear and simple icons that had clear meanings. They were thanks...
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Google Glass is Over
Too bad, tried it and it was nicely done. Is the category over for now? Has to be a place for this. Google Glass is finally shattered in Popsci10 years after...
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Security in Cyberspace
Considerable piece in Fraunhofer mag, intro belowMore security in cyberspaceWeb special Fraunhofer magazine 2.2022The invasion of Ukraine shows that fighting is...
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Researchers Develop Soft Robot That Shifts from Land to Sea with Ease
Mobile robotics in multiple domains.ACM TECHNEWSResearchers Develop Soft Robot That Shifts from Land to Sea with EaseBy Carnegie Mellon University, March 21, 2023...
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