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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
Expanding Paths to Online Grocery
Online grocers. An area we watched closely. It worked then, but selectively. Has the corner turned? Article contains some good current examples." ... As online...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rise of Wikidata
In Computing Now. Introduced to the idea a year ago. Worth a further look. Using Wikipedia data for a centralized source of structured public data makes much...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Real and Virtual Worlds and the Proteus Effect
I covered virtual worlds extensively in this blog in the past. In particular how they could be used to simulate real work interactions. See previous posts onon...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Radioactive Giant Squid Washes Ashore in California
Uh oh. And the real story. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Self Destructive Electronics
IBM win a contract to research the topic. I recall this idea being discussed before the need became more critical. " ... The military wants to use self-destructing...
From Schneier on Security
TRINITY: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: TRINITY (TS//SI//REL) TRINITY is a miniaturized digital core packaged in a...
From Schneier on Security
Another Fake NSA Codename Generator
Generate your own fake TAO implant. This is even more fun than the fake NSA program generator. Sadly, the NSA will probably use these to help develop their R&D...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Natural Language Processing in the Enterprise
We worked with Stanford on a number of natural language processing oriented problems, including the Talking Mr. Clean effort. I note that a number of the spin...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Discomfort as Innovation
In Innovation Excellence: I don't see it as the key to innovation. Yet it is not by itself a bad sign. Some discomfort is always a sign that any change has been...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
The rise to power of computer scientists
Want to become CEO of a major technology company? Consider the background of the hot CEOs of the hour: Amazon: Jeff Bezos has a degree in electrical engineering...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF CISE Distinguished Lecture: The Future of Computing-Mediated Research and Innovation
UPDATE: Due to the potential storm affecting the DC Metro region, this lecture has been postponed. The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kurzweil Reviews the Movie Her
An AI view. Now beyond Minority Report, and with shades of Siri. Is this where we are headed? It does provide an interesting structure to think about how we...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Robotics and The Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
In anticipation of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter games, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has partnered with NBC Learn to feature the “Science and Engineering...
From Schneier on Security
SWAP: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: SWAP (TS//SI//REL) SWAP provides software application persistence by exploiting...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Interactive Storytelling in Games: Next Steps
Last night I gave a lecture for our undergrad society on some of the more interesting recent developments in interactive storytelling, along with a preview of my...
From Apophenia
“It’s Complicated” is dedicated to Peter Lyman
As people start to get copies of my book, I want to offer more context to the brief dedication at the front of the book. “It’s Complicated” is dedicated to my beloved...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Mozilla Foundation, National Science Foundation and US Ignite announce Partnership for Gigabit Community Fund
The Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund was announced on February 6, 2014 as a partnership between the Mozilla Foundation, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and US...
From The Eponymous Pickle
iBeacon and Shopping Behavior
In Mashable: More looks into location based shopping information. With some obvious comments: " ... Will consumers embrace Apple and iBeacon's nearly frictionless...
From The Eponymous Pickle