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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 CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Future Friendly: Focus on Kerstin Dautenhahn
by Peter W McOwan, Queen Mary University of London (from the archive) Kerstin Dautenhahn is a biologist with a mission: to help us make friends with robots. Kerstin...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Quickly checking that a string belongs to a small set
Suppose that I give you a set of reference strings (“ftp”, “file”, “http”, “https”, “ws”, “wss”). Given a new string, you want to quickly tell whether it is part...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tech Shame?
Interesting ObservationGen Z Overwhelmed by 'Tech Shame' at WorkFortune, Chloe Berger, December 15, 2022An HP survey of 10,000 office workers worldwide found Generation...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The Gift of Nonconstructivity
Can we quantify “nonconstructive advantage”? Japan Times source Péter Frankl has been in the news again this year. The news is substantial partial progress on his...
From The Eponymous Pickle
You Are Not Expected to Understand This
The value and emergence of Code: "You Are Not Expected to Understand This": How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World Audible Logo Audible Audiobook – UnabridgedTorie...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Aces Flight After Software Update
Fixing code on the fly ...Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Aces Flight After Software Updatein Space.comTereza Pultarova, November 26, 2022The U.S. National Aeronautics...
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IBM Condor will pass 1000 Qubits
New advances, how much more valuable?AN IBM QUANTUM COMPUTER WILL SOON PASS THE 1,000-QUBIT MARKThe Condor processor is just one quantum-computing advance slated...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Designing with DNA
Like the idea, examining the approach further.Designing with DNA By Duke University, December 28, 2022An open-source software program developed by researchers...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
The last speaker
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London (from the cs4fn archive) The languages of the world are going extinct at a rapid rate. As the numbers of peopleContinue...
From Schneier on Security
QR Code Scam
An enterprising individual made fake parking tickets with a QR code for easy payment.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Will a Spot Robot Make LA Safer?
No, and it won't even get the chance to.See Spot Spy? New Generation of Police Robots Faces BacklashLos Angeles Times, Libor Jan; Gregory Yee, December 21, 2022...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Banning Your Enemies
Intriguing play, enemies, or some lesser or even arbitrary qualification? Note is different than making a mistaken identification. Is a safety based ban OK?...
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On the End of Programming
Many, like myself started our career in coding. This should increase security by standardizing safer coding approaches. Or will it? The End of Programming (Opinion)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Police Tap COVID-19 Tech to Expand Global Surveillance
Tracking of many kinds interacting. Police Tap COVID-19 Tech to Expand Global SurveillanceBy Associated Press, December 27, 2022A worshiper in the Old City of Jerusalem...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Virtual Clothes Could Help Solve Fashion's Waste Problem
I Worked more on cleansing clothes rather than creating them. Note Blockchain use. Phygital. Hmmm. Virtual Clothes Could Help Solve Fashion's Waste ProblemBy...
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OpenAI ChatGPT Imitating Academic Work
Using and detecting. OpenAI's ChatGPT Raises Alarm Over Student CheatingBy Financial Times, December 27, 2022There is widespread concern that students will useOpenAI's...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Speculative Execution
Out of order, and dynamic. What Is Speculative Execution?By Joel Hruska on June 10, 2022With a new Apple security flaw in the news, it’s a good time to revisit...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
The joke Turing test
A funny thing happened on the way to the computer by Peter W. McOwan, Queen Mary University of London (from the archive) Laugh and the world laughs with you they...
From The Eponymous Pickle
McD's Automation Plans
More on McD's automation efforts, apparently the automation of everything but the food preparation. Following closely. McD’s gets decidedly mixed reactions to...
From The Eponymous Pickle