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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 Putting People First
Technology can push our crazy buttons, rewire brains
Our tech saturation has reached such a critical point that some experts say it’s rewiring our brains. Research psychologist and computer educator Larry Rosen of...
From Putting People First
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Who are these companies and what do they want from me? Alexis Madrigal’s voyage into the invisible business that funds the web. “This morning, if you opened your...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wikipedia Page 1 Rank
For some time now it has been common to see Wikipedia results to come up on page 1 of a Google search. Search Engine Watch looks at a number of studies that...
From Wild WebMink
? Artistic Excellence
[This post is only useful to people who can buy MP3s from Amazon US - sorry] I have previously recommended samplers from Mishara Music. They specialise in singer...
From Schneier on Security
Congressional Testimony on the TSA
I was supposed to testify today about the TSA in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. I was informally invited a couple of weeks ago...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 26
March 27 Hearing: The Technology and Innovation Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on the effect of federal policies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
George Dyson on Advertising
In the Edge: George Dyson on self-replicating codes, the universe .... and strangely, on advertising. Or more generally as I see it 'selling' ..." ... What's...
From Apophenia
Reflections on Fear in a Networked Society
I’ve been trying to work through some ideas on how fear operates in a networked society. At Webstock in New Zealand, I gave a talk called “Culture of Fear + Attention...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Probabilistic Topic Models
In the CACM: Somewhat Technical, but some valuable insights: " ... Surveying a suite of algorithms that offer a solution to managing large document archives...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Getting Ready for Big Data
Good general piece in CIO about getting ready for Big Data. Companies will increasingly need to leverage the data within their own domains and lead rather than...
From Computational Complexity
What is an Elegant Proof?
What is an elegant proof? I do not know and I doubt it can be well defined; however, we all know it when we see it. I welcome comments on the topic; however, Ihere...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Big Idea of Associative Intelligence
What is the big idea of Associative intelligence? In a back of the envelope exploration, Saffron Tech presents the idea. It is an important one. How do we save...
From Schneier on Security
Rare Spanish Enigma Machine
This is a neat story: A pair of rare Enigma machines used in the Spanish Civil War have been given to the head of GCHQ, Britain's communications intelligence agency...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
26 March 2012
Busy week (as usual) in between meetings and trying to Get ready for Windows 8. I also spent some time at a high school programming contest which I
From Putting People First
Desire engines
Nir Eyal’s third Techcrunch article on behavioural engineering, delves into the topic of “desire engines”. “Desire engines go beyond reinforcing behavior; they...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Making Navigation Systems Unusable
In CNet Reviews: An example of how to let regulations contort perfectly good technology to make their use as unusable and complicated as possible. Keep it simple...
From The Eponymous Pickle