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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
Are ChatGPT's Good at 'Not'
Are ChatGPT's Good at 'Not' in QuantaMagazineMax G. Levy Contributing Writer, May 12, 2023Nora Kassner suspected her computer wasn’t as smart as people thought...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Europe's First 3D-Printed School Takes Shape in Ukraine
Europe's First 3D-Printed School Takes Shape in UkraineRadio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty (Czech Republic)May 25, 2023Humanitarian group Team4UA organized the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rodney Brooks Talks about AI
Comments here a little late, but good points.Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already And stop confusing performance with competence, says Rodney Brooks By Glenn...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Reclaim your name
In 2021 the Canadian government announced that Indigenous people would be allowed to use their ancestral family names on government-issued identity documents. For...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Online Cephalopod Course
Atlas Obscura has a five-part online course on cephalopods, taught by squid biologist Dr. Sarah McAnulty. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Expected performance of a Bloom filter
A hash function is a function that maps a value (such as a string) to an integer value. Typically, we want random-looking values. A Bloom filter is a standard data...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Al-Jazari: the father of robotics
Science fiction films are full of humanoid robots acting as servants, workers, friends or colleagues. The first were created during the Islamic Golden Age, a thousand...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuralink, Elon Musk's Brain Implant is Approved for Clinical Trials
Had not followed this before, will continue ...Neuralink says it has the FDA’s OK to start clinical trialsCompany isn't enrolling patients yet, but it has cleared...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ethereum Closes Security Hole with Energy-Saving Update
Interesting example of Security problem.Ethereum Closes Security Hole with Energy-Saving UpdateBy New Scientist,May 26, 2023.Running an Ethereum node allows a user...
From The Noisy Channel
Affordances for Conversational Search
In application design, affordances are cues that help users discover and explore how to interact with the application. Typical affordances for search applications...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Catalyzes Gene Activation Research, Uncovers Rare DNA Sequences
More amazement via AI. AI Catalyzes Gene Activation Research, Uncovers Rare DNA SequencesBy UC San Diego Today, May 25, 2023Investigating DNA sequences.Using machine...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Experitionary Cyberspace Operations
Good piece in Schneier: Expeditionary Cyberspace Operations Cyberspace operations now officially has a physical dimension, meaning that the United States has...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Return to the Office Has Stalled
Clearly the case, the future?The Return to the Office Has StalledBy The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2023Hybrid work has become the norm for many employers.WhenBut...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Begins Opening Access to Generative AI in Search
More from recent conferenceGoogle begins opening access to generative AI in searchIf you signed up for the Search Labs waitlist, keep an eye on your inbox.Will...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Securing IOT Sensors
Consider hw many IOTs you have.Standards to Secure the Sensors That Power IoTBy Logan KuglerCommunications of the ACM, June 2023, Vol. 66 No. 6, Pages 14-16 10.1145...
From insideHPC
At ISC 2023: Panasas Pushes HPC and AI Storage to the Edge
High performance storage company Panasas had an active profile at ISC 2023, highlighting its new ActiveStor Ultra Edge platform, an HPC and AI/ML storage offering...
From insideHPC
At ISC 2023: Catching Up with CoolIT Liquid Cooling
At ISC 2023 this week, we stopped by the CoolIT Systems booth to catch up with Dominik Dziarczykowski (Global Channel Sales Manager) on the company’s latest achievements...
From Schneier on Security
Expeditionary Cyberspace Operations
Cyberspace operations now officially has a physical dimension, meaning that the United States has official military doctrine about cyberattacks that also involve...
From Putting People First
The future of urban AI
10 conversations by Urban AI, a Paris based think tank, with worldwide experts to explore the future of urban artificial intelligence
From Putting People First