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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
On the Vital Edge of Technology: AI
On artificial intelligence, past and present. I do get the impression that too little attention is being paid to what we discovered before. Especially with regard...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Be a GHC Community Volunteer and Change Your Life
You should sign up to be a volunteer community note-taker or blogger by our new deadline of September 8. It could change your life! Seriously!Blue Jelly Social...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Paper books are the new vinyl records
I have always loved reading. But it is a love that has been constantly frustrated. As a young teenager, I would spend days in the library, but I quickly exhausted...
From The Eponymous Pickle
We are Innumerate
John Batelle on why we love visualization. My own experiences make me agree. But truly useful, well designed, interactive visualizations gives us capabilities...
From Computational Complexity
How hard is changing fields? Ask Sheldon!
In the last season of The Big Band Theory Sheldon wants to change field from String theory to something else (I don't recall if he settled on what it would be,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Who is Afraid of Data Driven Management?
Late to this but brought to my attention by colleague Andy Boyd. In the HBR. Very nice, simple model, but is it too simple? I have dealt with many people that...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Enriching the Frankl Conjecture
See a number, make a set Henning Bruhn and Oliver Schaudt are mathematicians or computer scientists, or both. They are currently working in Germany, but wrote their...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Back to School – Exploring Computer Science: from the classrooms of L.A. schools to a nationwide effort
The following is a guest blog post from Gera Jochum, Communications Specialist for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate at the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Standardizing and Optimizing Containers
More work on standardizing shipping containers. A natural progression. We examined RFID use in many kinds of shipping infrastructure. Now companies looking at...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Toddler Intelligence Learning
The Baby-X Toddler simulation at the Creators Project. Getting smarter every day, they say. But I do wonder about what the real measure is. True deep AI is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bad Data Handbook
I like the book title premise. Having just been involved in a project that included dealing with bad data, however it is defined. Also to be considered: Data...
From Apophenia
What is Privacy?
Earlier this week, Anil Dash wrote a smart piece unpacking the concept of “public.” He opens with some provocative questions about how we imagine the public, highlighting...
From Schneier on Security
Pencil-and-Paper Codes Used by Central American Criminal Gangs
No mention of how good the codes are. My guess is not very....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data for Grocery
Comments on grocery and loyalty data:" ... Today's technology offers supermarkets new ways to use the growing sea of customer loyalty data to their advantage as...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More Corporate Drones
Yet another example of corporations building drone programs. Here Google's Project Wing. I guess this is cheaper, and apparently safer than a fleet of aircraft...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 1 September 2014
Nothing like easing into the new school year. Last week was a four day week and so is this week. Today being Labor Day in the US most schools are closed. Here in...
From Putting People First
Pew Internet research: 15 theses about the digital future in 2025
A canvassing of 2,558 experts and technology builders about where we will stand by the year 2025 finds striking patterns in their predictions, reports the Pew Research...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tangible Media Group and Enchanted Objects
David Rose, Head of the Tangible Media Group at MIT Media Lab and author of the book: "Enchanted Objects: Design, Human Desire, and the Internet of Things" "...
From The Eponymous Pickle