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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
Post Work World
Are we heading for a post-work world? Are the robots or their kin taking over? Asks the Transparency Revolution. " ... Specifically, what if post-industrial society...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Innovation as a Day Job
A good post in Innovation Excellence by Jeffrey Phillips. I used to have innovation as my day job. It was expected as a means to support the work in the innovation...
From Computational Complexity
More than East and West
The Obama Campaign is creating a Campaign Analytics Team. Love Data, Predictive Analytics, Social Media and Politics? The Analytics team for the Obama Campaign...
From My Biased Coin
Reading Confidence Men
My current spare time reading* is Confidence Men, Ron Suskind's book on Wall Street and the Presidency. Without "taking sides" with regard to Larry Summers, IMockingjay...
From Schneier on Security
U.S. Drones Have a Computer Virus
You'd think we would be more careful than this: A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America
From The Eponymous Pickle
Training Bacteria to Grow Consumer Goods
An approach I had not heard of before. This looks to be still in the very early stages of usefulness. The use of the term 'provocation' here as opposed to theIDEO...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 10 October 2011
Last week the computing industry lost one of its great innovators in Steve Jobs. It
From Michael Nielsen
Reinventing Discovery
I’m very excited to say that my new book, “Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science”, has just been released! As regular readers of this blog know...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Viewing Assortment Optimization Through Shopper Decision Trees
I was asked to take a look at DemandTec's new site and provide some commentary on the redesign and their approaches. I went quickly to assortment choices and "...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Whats Holding You Back?
Mark Montgomery of Kyield posts a good review of Robert Herbold's new book: Whats Holding You Back? Herbold is the former Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Vision Improving App
A smartphone App that improves vision. No review on its practicality. " .... Polat's software trains users to detect patterns called Gabor patches - blurry...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smellit: Remotely Generating Smells
The remote digital delivery of smells and even fragrances was something we experimented with. The intention was to be able to dial up an aroma at the shelf and...
From My Biased Coin
Submissions, A Comparison
I just got my set of NSDI papers to review, and have been looking them over.One thing that immediately strikes me as I give them a first quick pass is how nice...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mindsign and 3D Ads
In ReadWriteWeb:Mindsign uses fMRI to analyze Cooliris ads with neuromarketing methods. So what do they get from it?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retailer Innovation in China
MJ Perry about Innovation in China. Where he quotes: WSJ Asia Technology article "China Frets: Innovators Stymied Here" ... How likely is it? Our own experience...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hanlon's Razor
Some reading reminded me of the principle of Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. ... Though I recall this...
From Wild WebMink
? Donating Money To Open Source
My short article about the best ways to support an open source project financially is now available from the Essays page.
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science