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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
Let's Teach our Computers
Wired brings up a very old idea in AI. You should not have to write code that computers use to operate with. That's messy, prone to error and expensive, In particular...
From insideHPC
Using Vectors on Intel Xeon Phi
The use of vector instructions can speed up applications tremendously when used correctly. The benefit is that much more work can be done in a clock cycle than...
From Phys.org Technology News
'Technical issue' briefly cripples Swedish air traffic
"A technical issue" temporarily affected air traffic control operations in large parts of Sweden on Thursday, barring planes from taking off for 90 minutes, authorities...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google's Renewed Focus on AI
Out of the Google I/O conference this week. Good overview. A continuation of their long time attention on the application of AI. Have been covering a number of...
From Computational Complexity
Upfronts
The US television industry has long fascinated me, an entertainment outlet driven by technology. David Sarnoff introduced television at the World's Fair in 1939...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gazerecorder Eye Tracking
Brought to my attention by a client connection. In Sourceforge, a new version 1.9 of Gazerecorder " ... WebCam Eye Tracking for usability testing ... " . See...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Measuring Conversions
In InternetRetailer: Been a bit out of marketing measurement lately, but its something we were keen on. Here suggesting we look closer at conversion cycles rather...
From Phys.org Technology News
Why we need to do more for the victims of online fraud and scams
As we come to the end of National Consumer Fraud Awareness Week, I can't help but reflect on my own work researching this difficult and often fraught area.
From Schneier on Security
Identifying People from Their Metadata
Jonathan Mayer, Patrick Mutchler, and John C. Mitchell, "Evaluating the privacy properties of telephone metadata": Abstract: Since 2013, a stream of disclosures...
From Phys.org Technology News
Opinion: Four arguments for ethical online shaming (and four problems with them)
In democracies, it's pretty difficult to bring about any agreement on anything. So when there is general consensus that something is a problem, I think it's a good...
From Putting People First
The empty brain
Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer, writes acclaimed psychologist Robert Epstein...
From Putting People First
Transition design as postindustrial interaction design
The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University has started talking about ‘Transition Design.’ In his long reflection about this new kind of design practice,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Project Tango Announcement
Mentioned previously here for retail applications.Streaming and recorded at the link.Introducing Project Tango Area LearningMay 18, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM / Stage 1Motion...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Home to Compete with Amazon Echo
Announced today, the Google Home. Previously code named the Chirp. Similar in form to the original Echo, but with more design choices. Google is know to have...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Science of Touch
A little strangely, from the New Yorker. A favorite topic, since we were always interested in how to create new kinds of touch in retail experiences. Plus there...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Using Analytics to Build Extraordinary Apps
Today at Google IO:Use analytics to build extraordinary apps (Streaming)May 18, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM / Stage 2 | Hydra (PDT)The average smartphone user taps and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Watson Analytics Updated
Have not seen yet, worth a look. In EWeek: At its Vision 2016 conference, IBM announced a newly redesigned interface and new features for its Watson AnalyticsIBM...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apprenticeships in the US
In K@W: Making a comeback? Yes, I think so, for example a good place would be in data science and programming, which are at least 50% practiced - skill based...
From insideHPC
Quantum Computing Seminar Coming to ISC 2016 in Frankfurt
D-Wave Systems will host a three-hour seminar on Quantum Computing at ISC 2016. Designed to teach HPC users more about quantum computing and how it might be applied...
From insideHPC