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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
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
Donald Knuth's Christmas 2022 Lecture
A person I fondly connected with via this books back in the 70s, always interesting: Donald Knuth's 2022 'Christmas Tree' Lecture Is About Trees ... '
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Microsoft Research Looks Back at Progress in AI
Microsoft talks about some of its efforts. Research @ Microsoft 2022: A look back at a year of accelerating progress in AIPublished December 19, 20222022 has seen...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Japan Prepares for Defense
In the near past you never heard much about Japan's defense forces (SDF), investment was relatively low, but with potential nearby threats, that is changing...
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Merlin AI Launches First ChatGPT iOS and Android Mobile App
MerlinAI and IOS For a ChatGPT Merlin AI Launches First ChatGPT iOS and Android Mobile AppERIC HAL SCHWARTZ on December 23, 2022 Mobile app developer Dogtown Media...
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On a Trip to Infinity
Math in Netflix"The most intrusive animation is a train that twice interrupts the mathematician Moon Duchin, who is reflecting on what it would mean for a mathematical...
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2D Material May Enable Ultra-Sharp Cellphone Photos in Low Light
Most interesting, worked on a project that needed to get low light images for input to modeling.2D Material May Enable Ultra-Sharp Cellphone Photos in Low Light...
From Schneier on Security
Arresting IT Administrators
This is one way of ensuring that IT keeps up with patches: Albanian prosecutors on Wednesday asked for the house arrest of five public employees they blame for...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
The Chinese room: zombie attack!
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London (From the cs4fn archive) Iain M Banks’s science fiction novels about ‘The Culture’ imagine a universe inhabitedContinue...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Ideas in Tech
Nicely done, Big Ideas in Tech for 2023: An a16z Omnibus by Andreessen AI, machine & deep learning bio + health consumer crypto & web3 ecommerce enterprise...
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Netflix Password Sharing may Be illegal, says UK government: BBC
In the BBC on password sharing. Illegal vs allowed? Copyright law involved? Intellectual Property. Netflix password sharing may be illegal, says UK government...
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Scientists Use Quantum Computing to Create Glass that Cuts the Need for AC by a Third
Model testing. Scientists Use Quantum Computing to Create Glass that Cuts the Need for AC by a ThirdBy Popular Science, December 1, 2022A sample of the glassMachine...
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Reading Existential Physics
Just started reading ... good intro .... Understanding physics and its practical application is becoming important. Book about how quantum effects are being applied...
From Schneier on Security
LastPass Breach
Last August, LastPass reported a security breach, saying that no customer information—or passwords—were compromised. Turns out the full story is worse: While no...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
The paranoid program
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London One of the greatest characters in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, science fiction radio series,...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (December 25 2022)
One of Elon Musk’s ventures, OpenAI, made public a new tool called ChatGPT. It is widely regarding as a practical breakthrough in artificial intelligence. Given...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
How does Santa do it?
Fast yuletide algorithms to visit all those chimneys in time by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London How does Santa do it? How does he visit all those children...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pilotless Cargo Carrying Planes
With Drones everywhere, inevitable. Emerging MarketThe cargo hauling aircraft with no pilots on boardPublished 4 days agoA scaled-down version of the BlackBy...
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Imagining the AI Cockpit
Something we also imagined for running a large enterprise, rather than just a vehicle. Show all the most useful data and forward simulations. Driving the Future...
From Schneier on Security