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AI Regulation Examined
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Regulation Examined

Looking at how AI may be regulated.AI NewsWhat will AI regulation look like for businesses? Unlike food, medicine, and cars, we have yet to see clear regulations...

[Book] Everyday Life in the Culture of Surveillance
From Putting People First

[Book] Everyday Life in the Culture of Surveillance

Today, it is of utmost relevance to study people’s attitudes, motives, and behaviours in relation to the fact that we live in a culture of surveillance. This includes...

Book:  In the Age of AI, 'What Does it Mean to be Smart?'
From The Eponymous Pickle

Book: In the Age of AI, 'What Does it Mean to be Smart?'

 Here an intro to McKinsey's 'Author Talks', which interviews Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic on his new book on AI and Automation.   Plan to Read it. Author Talks: InMarch...

AI Addressing Dangerous Solar Storms
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Addressing Dangerous Solar Storms

Am a long time follower of this very dangerous and inevitable natural event. Deep Learning to Address Impact of Solar Storms.NASA AI model could help world prepare...

Made Me  Think:  About SynthAI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Made Me Think: About SynthAI

Still thinking this, Like to test its usefulness, efficiency.  Join me.For B2B Generative AI Apps, Is Less More?   by Zeya Yang and Kristina Shen in AndreessenAI...

Russian Cyberwarfare Docs Leaked
From The Eponymous Pickle

Russian Cyberwarfare Docs Leaked

 As usual interesting piece in Schneier.   Including useful commentary. We need to think of these ideas as a powerful form of warfareRussian Cyberwarfare Documents...

Pausing AI is a Bad idea.    I agree.
From The Eponymous Pickle

Pausing AI is a Bad idea. I agree.

Sure, we should allocate time to make it safer, and more useful.   But that is already happening.    Lets not let China and Russia get ahead.  Unless they are pausing...

Meta Still Happening
From The Eponymous Pickle

Meta Still Happening

 Needs better design, communications, Sensible value, AI that really helps.Meta Declares the Metaverse Is Still Happening, but It Might 'Take a While'The company's...

Venus Flytrap Cyborg Snaps Shut with Smartphone Commands
From The Eponymous Pickle

Venus Flytrap Cyborg Snaps Shut with Smartphone Commands

 Venus Flytrap Cyborg Snaps Shut with Smartphone Commands      By New Scientist   March 29, 2023The jaws of a Venus flytrap attached to a robotic arm.Li says these...

Google Bard had some issues, Plan is to try again
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Bard had some issues, Plan is to try again

Google to try again with GPTGoogle promises to unleash more of Bard’s potential in the 'next week'By David Nield published  agoLike a "souped-up Civic"Google Bard...

From Computational Complexity

Who's on April First

 Carlos May waving to the crowd on April 1, 1972Instead of the usual April Fools’ Day post, I present one of the best April Fools Day stunts ever. Here’s the text...

VR for Therapy
From The Eponymous Pickle

VR for Therapy

Have seen some proposals for this,  but  no clear benefits indicated. VR Is Revolutionizing Therapy. Why Aren't More People Using It? By CNet, March 27, 2023High...

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

The ChatGPT Conundrum

High absolute, low relative Kolmogorov complexity 4/1 prank source [Editors’ Note: Our usual blog format has the first paragraph lead with a human subject, but...

Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid vs. Blue Marlin
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid vs. Blue Marlin

Epic matchup. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines ...

Understanding Parties
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Understanding Parties

Kavin Narasimhan studied how people move and form groups at parties, creating realistic computer models of what is going on. Her work could help avatars and robots...

ChatGPT banned in Italy over privacy, data collection concerns
From The Eponymous Pickle

ChatGPT banned in Italy over privacy, data collection concerns

Unexpected Privacy concerns posed.Calls have grown in the United States to stop development of the AI technology    By Kelsey KobergDataGrade founder Joe Toscano...

Reading Minds with AI: Researchers Translate Brain Waves to Images
From The Eponymous Pickle

Reading Minds with AI: Researchers Translate Brain Waves to Images

Quite a considerable capability suggested.   in KDNuggetsReading Minds with AI: Researchers Translate Brain Waves to ImagesTwo researchers from Osaka University...

Microsoft to Ruin Chat Search?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft to Ruin Chat Search?

Ouch if this is the case. ChatGPT Opened a New Era in Search. Microsoft Could Ruin ItBy Wired, March 31, 2023Microsoft in February announced its standard fees for...

Should AI Insights be Shared with Consumers,  and How?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Should AI Insights be Shared with Consumers, and How?

 Interesting thoughts.    Are analytic marketing methods shared with consumers?    Resources at link. Should AI Insights Be Shared With Consumers?   by Tom Ryan...

Automakers Develop Robot That Charges Your EV for You
From The Eponymous Pickle

Automakers Develop Robot That Charges Your EV for You

Essential?  But many things are not  Automakers Develop Robot That Charges Your EV for YouFor the EV fence-sitters who find public charging cables too heavy orBy...
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