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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
How technology makes us better social beings
Sociologist Keith Hampton (University of Pennsylvania) believes technology and social networking affect our lives in some very positive ways
From Putting People First
Study finds that memory works differently in the age of Google
The rise of Internet search engines like Google has changed the way our brain remembers information, according to research by Columbia University psychologist Betsy...
From Putting People First
Technology and moral panic
Why is it that some technologies cause moral panic and others don
From The Eponymous Pickle
Caricatures and Facial Recognition
The brain is a powerful facial recognition machine. It is only recently we have figured out how to systematize to a degree this kind of analysis using image recognition...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google and the Brain
Much this week about how Google and web may be changing the way the brain operates. Here an article in Rough Type, with a good view of the debate, with an expected...
From Schneier on Security
Interview in Infosecurity Magazine
I think I gave this interview at the RSA Conference in February.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Finding One Man in 60 Million Square Miles
Search is a hard problem in computing, but it’s a critical problem in real life, as friends of computer scientist Jim Gray found out when he vanished at sea. In...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Media Stats
A large list of social media stats to Kickstart your slidedeck. Intriguing, though I always worry about the context of such a large and varied assortment.
From Computational Complexity
Math, the Universe, and Everythign: Max Tegmark's Interpretation of reality (guest post)
(This is a guest post by Nadia Jones who blogs at online college about education, college, student, teacher, money saving, movie related topics. You can reach her...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Albertsons Removes Self Checkouts
In Progressive Grocer. A combination of concern about service levels and new regulations seems to be driving self-service out. Longer term, though, I believe...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visualizing Wikipedia
Hard to imagine, but the Wikipedia is only ten years old. Have we not beeing using it for much longer than that? Now there is a challenge to visualize its impact...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Perception is Everything
In Fastcompany: Increasing the size of your fork will make you eat less. An interesting study in psychological perception.
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-07-15
Why PROTECT IP Will Fail: Cultural Acceptance, Not Fear Of Punishment, Makes People Abide By Laws | Techdirt The key lesson from prohibition, ignored by policy...
From Schneier on Security
Degree Plans of the Future
You can now get a Master of Science in Strategic Studies in Weapons of Mass Destruction. Well, maybe you can't: "It's not going to be open enrollment (or) traditional...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Worldwide Telescope Tour Contest
Have you explored outer space using the WorldWide Telescope? Do you have a favorite tour of space that you share with friends. Now you can share your tours of the...
From Schneier on Security
My Next Book Title: Liars and Outliers
Thank you for all your comments and suggestions regarding my next book title. It will be: Liars and Outliers: How Security Holds Society Together We're...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
How Important is Interactive Storytelling in Educational Games?
Story in games. Something we seem to be trying for, but continue to struggle with. Perhaps it's even worse for educational games: we are told that narrative engages...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Free Mentions Here!
Want an idea, software, book or direction reviewed here? Send it to me. Send books in pre-release PDF if you like. My address is in the left hand column. ...
From The Eponymous Pickle