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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 Computing Community Consortium Blog
Qualcomm Announces $10 Million X Prize for Revolutionizing Healthcare
Last May, the X PRIZE Foundation
From Computational Complexity
The Conjunction Paradox
In Yesterday's post you were told about Susan: Susan is 31 years old, single, outspoken and very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a student she was deeply...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brain Lectures
Mind Hacks points to some excellent neuroscience lectures. They
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NIST Announces 2012 Measurement Science & Engineering Research Grants Programs
Last month, the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced its FY 2012 Measurement Science and Engineering Research Grants Programs, with...
From Schneier on Security
Collecting Expert Predictions about Terrorist Attacks
John Mueller has been collecting them: Some 116 of these Very People were surveyed in 2006 by Foreign Policy magazine in a joint project with the Center for America...
From Wild WebMink
All About FOSDEM
I’ve posted an overview of FOSDEM, the huge open source developer conference coming up soon in Brussels, on ComputerWorldUK today.
From Apophenia
I am Generation Flux
I love talking with smart journalists. When they’re good at what they do, journalists can really prompt me to think deeply (and differently) about issues. Nothing...
From Apophenia
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OMG do I love vacation. A chance to live a different lifestyle, explore the world, and refresh my brain. This year’s adventure began in Easter Island where we traversed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digital Signage in 2012
Keith Kelsen, colleague and author of the excellent book "Unleashing the Power of Digital Signage .... ", which I am reading now, has released his Digital signage...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Yammer Unites Grocery Brands
Interesting social idea." ... SuperValu, a grocery chain with more than 2,400 stores, has found enterprise social networking in the cloud valuable as a unifying...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Work Policy
In 2012 I am introducing a new method of engagement for any new work.
From My Biased Coin
ITCS, Day 2
I stopped a while by ITCS, before having to deal with other meetings. I saw fellow blogger Claire Mathieu, who told me my post on day 1 was negative. To be clear...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gaming Groceries
In the WSJ:. ..... California resident Teri Gault created a website, Grocery Game, that alerts users to items on sale at competing stores. She said visitors to...
From Schneier on Security
Stealing Source Code
Hackers stole some source code to Symantec's products. We don't know what was stolen or how recent the code is -- the company is, of course, minimizing the story...
From Wild WebMink
? Use the force of Parody: except in the UK
Use the force of Parody: except in the UK, originally uploaded by Open Rights Group. Parody is a powerful weapon for the campaigner. Turning the words of a target...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GE Innovation Summit
I participated in the GE innovation summit a few months ago . I see that Sammy Haroon has posted some information on that very thougt-provoking session. Check...
From Computational Complexity
Rank these possibilities by probability
Readers- I want you to answer this question and post your answers as comments. I will tell you WHY I am asking tommorow. Susan is 28 years old, single, outspoken...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 9 January 2012
Wow! What a weekend I had. Microsoft was pretty involved with the kick off of this year
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog