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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 …
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AI for Materials Discovery
New, lucrative and very interesting spaceArtificial Intelligence for Materials DiscoveryBy Don MonroeCommunications of the ACM, April 2023, Vol. 66 No. 4, Pages...
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HPE DoD Webinar April 27: Bringing Exascale HPC to the Masses
There will be an HPE DoD webinar on Thursday, April 27 from 2-3 pm ET entitled “Bringing Exascale to the Masses.” The speaker will be Steve Heibein, public sector...
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Plugins for ChatGPT use
Good piece on current Open ChatGPT Plugins, including the ability to join the waitlist for their use. ChatGPT plugins https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plugins We...
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Configurable Robots Can Be Mixed, Matched for Tasks in Space
Configurable Robots Can Be Mixed, Matched for Tasks in SpaceACM TECHNEWSBy Interesting EngineeringMarch 22, 2023The Walking Oligomeric Robotic Mobility System could...
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Where Is the Research on Cryptographic Transition and Agility?
VIEWPOINTWhere Is the Research on Cryptographic Transition and Agility?By David Ott, Kenny Paterson, Dennis MoreauCommunications of the ACM, April 2023, Vol. 66...
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Towards Talking Concrete
Novel infrastructure idea.'Talking' Concrete Could Help Prevent Traffic Jams, Cut Carbon EmissionsBy Purdue University NewsMarch 16, 2023From beneath a concrete...
From Schneier on Security
Hacks at Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023
An impressive array of hacks were demonstrated at the first day of the Pwn2Own conference in Vancouver: On the first day of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023, security researchers...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
William Wulf, 1939–2023
A great teacher and a great leader Bill Wulf just passed away. We send our best thoughts to his dear wife Anita Jones and the rest of his family. He is greatly...
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.
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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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