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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
From Schneier on Security Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration … B. Schneier | February 29, 2024
Complex Technologies Improve More Slowly
From The Eponymous Pickle

Complex Technologies Improve More Slowly

From the Santa Fe InstituteA new study by several SFI-affiliated researchers demonstrates a way to measure the interconnectedness of a technology's components and... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 10, 2011 at 01:11 PM
links for 2011-07-10
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links for 2011-07-10

Shouldn't Free Mean The Same Thing Whether Followed By 'Culture' Or 'Software'? | Techdirt An excellent point being made here; if it is morally wrong to prevent... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | July 10, 2011 at 01:01 PM
Giving Robot Vacuums a Personality
From The Eponymous Pickle

Giving Robot Vacuums a Personality

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/how-to-give-robot-vacuums-a-personalityIn IEEE Spectrum:It's surprisingly easy for humans to... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 9, 2011 at 08:23 PM
Imagine Cup New York City
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Imagine Cup New York City

I Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 9, 2011 at 08:14 PM
Agencies, National Science Board Seeking Input
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Agencies, National Science Board Seeking Input

Late last month, the White House announced a request for feedback on “Circular A-21″ — a 7-year-old document that specifies key principles for determining costs... Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | July 9, 2011 at 07:48 PM
Using Google Scholar for More Than Your h-Index
From My Biased Coin

Using Google Scholar for More Than Your h-Index

The comments from the last post (thanks, David Andersen) spurred me to mention the following.I do check Google Scholar for my own work fairly regularly.  Not to... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | July 9, 2011 at 03:27 PM
? Two Favourites in the UK
From Wild WebMink

? Two Favourites in the UK

If you are a UK resident located in the UK (yes, Amazon really has bolted its service down that tightly here), there are free tracks by two of my absolute favourite... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | July 9, 2011 at 08:10 AM
Simplifying Human Machine Interaction
From The Eponymous Pickle

Simplifying Human Machine Interaction

HP Labs India design work . Key directions to improve how computers communicate with humans. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 8, 2011 at 11:57 PM
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Egg
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Egg

Interesting pictures. Article is in Italian, though. Google Translate translation. schneier
From Schneier on Security | July 8, 2011 at 09:55 PM
? Voicemail Cracking
From Wild WebMink

? Voicemail Cracking

I’m getting tired of all the news reports that are incorrectly accusing the News of the World of Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | July 8, 2011 at 07:28 PM
Interpolated Data for Speedy Cancer Detection
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Interpolated Data for Speedy Cancer Detection

Magnetic resonance imaging is an attractive tool for detecting breast cancer, but its slow speed and poor resolution limit its viability. With hardware and software... Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | July 8, 2011 at 05:34 PM
h-index != impact
From My Biased Coin

h-index != impact

Suresh and Daniel Lemire (in Google+ posts) have pointed to the following paragraph from this blog: The sad thing is that young people have now been terrified... Michael Mitzenmacher
From My Biased Coin | July 8, 2011 at 04:46 PM
links for 2011-07-08
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links for 2011-07-08

USTR New Exclusive Right for Copyright Holders: Importation Provision in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) | Knowledge Ecology International USTR continues... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | July 8, 2011 at 01:02 PM
Organized Crime in Ireland Evolves As Security Increases
From Schneier on Security

Organized Crime in Ireland Evolves As Security Increases

The whole article is interesting, but here's just one bit: The favoured quick-fix money-making exercise of the average Irish organised crime gang had, for decades... schneier
From Schneier on Security | July 8, 2011 at 11:19 AM
? Investing In Open Source
From Wild WebMink

? Investing In Open Source

Does your company use open source software? Do they contribute to it in any way? If not, perhaps you should follow the Brazilian government’s lead. Read about it... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | July 8, 2011 at 09:10 AM
Google New Search Stuff
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google New Search Stuff

Several interesting things in Google,  a search by image with should give some hints about how well this can be done today.  Similar to Google Googles on mobile... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | July 8, 2011 at 08:01 AM
Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM

Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the April issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and... David B.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | July 8, 2011 at 02:55 AM
From Computational Complexity

Scooped by 400 years

This article claims that finding the area under a curve by dividing up the region into rectangles is helpful. Maybe they could take some sort of... limiting process... GASARCH
From Computational Complexity | July 7, 2011 at 04:28 PM
Pixar Senior Scientist on Computer Animation
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Pixar Senior Scientist on Computer Animation

Here’s another great talk — by Tony DeRose, Senior Scientist and head of the Research Group at Pixar Animation Studios — at the recent Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | July 7, 2011 at 01:14 PM
links for 2011-07-07
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links for 2011-07-07

UK looks to US on piracy blocking Ed Vaizey's views at outrageously uninformed if this report is correct. (tags: UK Internet) Open Rights Group | Meeting with Ed... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | July 7, 2011 at 01:02 PM
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