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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
TensorFlow 1.0 Announced
Google announces what appears to be a considerable upgrade of TensorFlow.Announcing TensorFlow 1.0 by Amy McDonald Sandjideh, Technical Program Manager, TensorFlow...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pew Internet Research Looks at Algorithms
I like their broad definition of algorithms. Sometimes the implication is falsely given that algorithms are some magical and very complex thing. But they are...
From Apophenia
When Good Intentions Backfire
… And Why We Need a Hacker Mindset I am surrounded by people who are driven by good intentions. Educators who want to inform students, who passionately believe...
From insideHPC
Defining AI, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning
"In this guide, we take a high-level view of AI and deep learning in terms of how it’s being used and what technological advances have made it possible. We also...
From insideHPC
Podcast: Democratizing Education for the Next Wave of AI
"Coursera has named Intel as one of its first corporate content partners. Together, Coursera and Intel will develop and distribute courses to democratize access...
From ACM on Huffington Post
The Science of AI and the Art of Social Responsibility
By Guru Banavar, IBM’s Chief Science Officer for Cognitive Computing I am a computer scientist and engineer, inspired by
From insideHPC
OpenFog Consortium Publishes Reference Architecture
The OpenFog Consortium was founded over one year ago to accelerate adoption of fog computing through an open, interoperable architecture. The newly published OpenFog...
From insideHPC
Video: Computing of the Future
Jeffrey Welser from IBM Research Almaden presented this talk at the Stanford HPC Conference. "Whether exploring new technical capabilities, collaborating on ethical...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Humans Trusting Algorithms
Key thoughts, also gets back to the question of how we explain the use of algorithms. Most methods today are more akin to magic. I like that this is being positioned...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Remarkable Delivery Robot
Bio inspired robotics .... With claim to work in many environments. In IEEE Spectrum:Agility Robotics Introduces Cassie, a Dynamic and Talented Robot Delivery...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Facial Recognition for Market Research
Not a new thing, has been worked for decades. Talked to related work at MIT to leverage these ideas. But we are getting much better at it now. Much writtenIn...
From Schneier on Security
Research into the Root Causes of Terrorism
Interesting article in Science discussing field research on how people are radicalized to become terrorists. The potential for research that can overcome existing...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Raymond Smullyan, 1919–2017
Serious work amid the puzzles and jokes. Amazon source When Raymond Smullyan was born, Emanuel Lasker was still the world chess champion. Indeed, of the 16 universally...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data Results from Coke Freestyle
Now about eight years ago, we saw an early demonstration of Coke 'Free Style', a machine that would allow you to construct your own flavors. Among millions of...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computing Community Consortium at AAAS 2017
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is proud to be a part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2017 Annual Meeting this weekend...
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: Senior HPC Systems Administrator at Purdue
Purdue University is seeking a Senior HPC Systems Administrator in our Job of the Week. "In this role, you will assist world renowned researchers in advancing science...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How fast can you count lines?
Inspired by earlier work by Llogiq, I decided to look at how fast I could count the number of lines in a string. By assuming that the string relies on ASCII, UTF...
From insideHPC
Supercomputing the Hyperloop on Azure
Today Cycle Computing announced that the HyperXite team is using CycleCloud software to manage Hyperloop simulations using ANSYS Fluent on the Azure Cloud. "Our...
From insideHPC
Huawei: A Fresh Look at High Performance Computing
Francis Lam from Huawei presented this talk at the Stanford HPC Conference. "High performance computing is rapidly finding new uses in many applications and businesses...
From The Eponymous Pickle