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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
Alert! Very Serious LastPass Security Glitch:
Am a week or so late to this, just now exploring implied severity, and if the previous admissions properly provided enough information to LastPass users to minimize...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Logicians are Everywhere
So where were they between 1720 and 1820? Helena Rasiowa was a famous logician from Poland. She visited Case Western Reserve University when I was an undergraduate...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Emojis in domain names, punycode and performance
Most domain names are encoded using ASCII (e.g., yahoo.com). However, you can register domain names with almost any character in them. For example, there is a web...
From insideHPC
GIGABYTE Spins off Server Business Unit
January 3, 2023 ─ High-performance server and workstation vendor GIGABYTE Technology today announced its enterprise solutions division has officially been spunGIGABYTE...
From Schneier on Security
Breaking RSA with a Quantum Computer
A group of Chinese researchers have just published a paper claiming that they can—although they have not yet done so—break 2048-bit RSA. This is something to take...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Particles of Light and Fluid Flow
Not quite grokking this, or its value, but considering it.Particles of Light May Create Fluid Flow, Data-Theory Comparison SuggestsBy Brookhaven National Laboratory...
From Computational Complexity
Positional Encoding
Given the excitement over ChatGPT, I spent part of the winter recess trying to understand the underlying technology of Transformers. After trying various tutorials...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Re a Further Look at BioPhysics
How does life and physics fit together? Just received in an Alumni mailing discussing,THE PHYSICS OF UsPhysicists are studying how living matter works, and find...
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Google Publishes Technique for AI Language Model Self-Improvement
Technical, Reviewing. Google Publishes Technique for AI Language Model Self-Improvementby Anthony Alford Director, Development at Genesys Cloud ServicesResearchers...
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Robux from Roblox,
Virtual Currency desired? Kids Don’t Want Cash Anymore–They Want ‘Robux’Virtual currencies have become many families’ preferred way to pay allowance. And Roblox...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Seeing the Future Coming
Continuing to read Jane McGonigal's just published: "Imaginable: How to see the Future Coming and feel ready for anything - even things that seem impossible today"...
From insideHPC
TSMC Holds 3nm Chip Ceremony in Taiwan, 2nm on Way
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) held a 3 nanometer (3nm) volume production and capacity expansion ceremony on December 29 at its Fab 18 construction...
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Cambridge Researchers Develop VR Tool for Cancer Treatment
Appears to be of use ..Cambridge Researchers Develop VR Tool for Cancer TreatmentPC MagazineMarco Marcelline, December 29, 2022Video game designers and cancer...
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Qubit Primer
Some useful notes on Quantum Computing by Russ Fine. at https://quantumtech.blogQuantum Computing Modalities – A Qubit Primer Revisited ... In December 2021, in...
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Supercomputer Simulation Animates Evolution of the Universe
Considering all of it and animations are useful too. Supercomputer Simulation of the UniverseScienceNewsJames R. Riordon. December 2, 2022An international team...
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Physna - 3D Data Talk
Perhaps of interest:Unlocking the Full Potential of 3D Data | By PhysnaEvent by Deep -Tech ShowcaseThu, Jan 19, 2023, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (your local time)Asher Radensky...
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Clothing that Makes you Stronger
Strength increasing , ergonomic enhancing, safety. Examined aspects of this for supply chain use. German Bionic debuts its lightest powered exosuit to date at...
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UK Paper Hit by Ransomware
Ransomware hitting many kinds of targets. First I had seen of anewspaper. Guardian newspaper hit by suspected ransomware attackPublished, 21 December 2022, ByThe...
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Big Trouble with Interconnects
Technical issues with transistors in Chip Fabs influence Moore's Law.Big Trouble in Little Interconnects in IEEE Spectrum by Samuel K. Moore / January 02, 2023...
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