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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 …![[Book] An anthropology of futures and technology](/system/assets/0000/1953/030209_Vanderbeeken_Mark_250.small_square.jpg?1476779420&1260281963)
From Putting People First
[Book] An anthropology of futures and technology
This book examines emerging automated technologies and systems and the increasingly prominent roles that each plays in our lives and our imagined futures.
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Lynn Conway: revolutionising chip design
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London MIT professor and transgender activist, Lynn Conway along with Carver Mead, completely changed the way we thinkContinue...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Looking Back and Looking Forward in CS Education 2023
Traditionally I write a year end look back on thee previous yest in CS education. (Last year at Looking Back on Computer Science Education in 2021) Honestly, that...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Sorry to bug you: Grace Hopper
by Peter W McOwan and Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London (from the archive) In the 2003 film The Matrix Reloaded, Neo, Morpheus, Trinity and crew continue...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Empirical Optimization with Divergent Fixed Point Algorithm – When All Else Fails
Thanks to Vincent Granville for sending along his 'Empirical Optimization with Divergent Fixed Point Algorithm – When All Else Fail' Entitled “Empirical Optimization...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Universities, Rich in Data, Struggle to Capture Its Value
Needs more automatic matching to actual uses, needs, outcomes. Universities, Rich in Data, Struggle to Capture Its Value By UCLADecember 29, 2022Merging together...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Can we Make Traffic a Thing of the Past (and greatly improve supply chains)
Traffic Management outlook. Making Traffic a Thing of the Past By Logan KuglerCommunications of the ACM, January 2023, Vol. 66 No. 1, Pages 19-20 10.1145/3570519...
From The Eponymous Pickle
To the Highest Bidder: A Military Database of Fingerprints, Iris Scans
Disconcerting direction.To the Highest Bidder: A Military Database of Fingerprints, Iris ScansBy The New York Times, December 30, 2022SEEK II purchased by German...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robot Guides Lung Needle More accurately
Healthcare robotics advancesRobot Guides Lung Needle More accuratelyNew Scientist, Jeremy Hsu, December 9, 2022Researchers at the University of North Carolina...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
The first computer music
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London (updated from the archive) The first recorded music by a computer program was the result of a flamboyant flourish...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Attackers Bypass Coinbase, MetaMask 2FA via TeamViewer
Interesting connection with TeamViewer, Security in Meta? Attackers Bypass Coinbase, MetaMask 2FA via TeamViewerBleepingComputerBill Toulas, November 21, 2022...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Grounded Fishing Boat Carrying 16,000 Pounds of Squid
Rough seas are hampering efforts to salvage the boat: The Speranza Marie, carrying 16,000 pounds of squid and some 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, hit the shoreline...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Year in Physics from Quanta Mag
Physics, like AI, is increasingly important to understand and apply ... The Year in PhysicsIn a year filled with sweet new observations in astronomy and tantalizing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Russia Is Jamming More GPS Satellite Signals
Use of Jamming versus Sat Signals, GPSRussia Is Jamming More GPS Satellite Signals Around MoscowBy New Scientist, December 27, 2022Map of GPS Interference nearCredit...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI is Making Movies Now
Cheaper and more efficient, but better? AI Is Here, and It's Making Movies. Is Hollywood Ready?By Los Angeles Times, December 29, 2022'Vubbing' software can visually...
From The Eponymous Pickle
World Ahead: 2023
Always interesting, from Irving Wladawsky-Berger, intro below:A collection of observations, news and resources on the changing nature of innovation, technology,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Is Now Essential National Infrastructure
AI is essential AI Is Now Essential National Infrastructure, By Wired December 29, 2022Illustration in comic-book style shows researchers in a lab working in virtual...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IISc Scientists Build Energy-Efficient Computing Platforms
More energy Efficient ComputingIISc Scientists Build Energy-Efficient Computing Platforms to Beat Power DeficitTechCircle, December 2, 2022An energy-efficient computing...
From Schneier on Security
Recovering Smartphone Voice from the Accelerometer
Yet another smartphone side-channel attack: “EarSpy: Spying Caller Speech and Identity through Tiny Vibrations of Smartphone Ear Speakers“: Abstract: Eavesdropping...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)