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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
New Benchmark for AI
In CACM: Top chess players can now be defeated by computer programs. But this has not been the case for the Japanese game Go. New methods use Monte Carlo simulation...
From Wild WebMink
OggCamp Approaching
If you’re in the south of England (or want to travel here) don’t forget that OggCamp is being held this weekend. It’s in Farnham, just off the M3, and you’ll want...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuromarketing and Big Marketers
A long article in Fast Company on how the company Nielsen subsidiary Neurofocus is working with major companies to implement Neuromarketing. Quite interesting...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DARPA: Automated Program Analysis for Cybersecurity
Fresh on the heels of announcing a call for social media research, DARPA’s Information Innovation Office (I2O) has issued a solicitation for “innovative research...
From Schneier on Security
Free-Riding on Plant Security Countermeasures
There's a security story from biology I've used a few times: plants that use chemicals to call in airstrikes by wasps on the herbivores attacking them. This is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stampt Customer Loyalty App
Recently brought to my attention and examined: Stampt, a simple smartphone based customer loyalty program. Links to social networking systems. More here,
From The Eponymous Pickle
Math and Language
In New Scientist: Does mathematics depend less on our language than we thought? Mental calculation methods seem to say so, as well as studies of abacus usage.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Usury and the collapse of empires
The American government recently played Russian roulette with its economy by threatening to default on its debt. Of course, nobody actually thought that the Americans...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Is Gamification Bull?
Having been a veteran of the AI hype world I am always sensitive and open to criticisms of new technology hype waves. I like to promote new ideas because I amHere...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-08-09
LibreOffice vs. OpenOffice.org: Showdown for Best Open Source Office Suite | Wazi If LibreOffice maintains the pace of improvement Brian describes here, by the...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Awards CS-Led Health, Robotics Research Center
Yesterday, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a new five-year, $18.5 million Engineering Research Center (ERC) that will pursue interdisciplinary research...
From Schneier on Security
MRI Lie Detectors
An article from Salon -- lots of interesting research. My previous blog post on the topic.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Abstraction At The Core of Computer Science
I spent the latter part of last week in Palo Alto, California working on the CS 2013 project. There are some pretty amazing people involved in this project (CS)...
From Wild WebMink
? Responding to the Bling Riots
First, let me say I think the inexplicable thuggery that’s going on in London (and elsewhere) is indefensible and the people doing it without respect for people...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Opportunities for Small Retail Spaces
In Retail Traffic: " ... Nationwide, the size of food stores is going down
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future Cola
We took at look at Coca-Cola's futuristic drink blending and delivery dispenser for some time. It is a classic case of late differentiation and tailoring a product...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Record Levels of P&G Ad Spending
In AdAge: Lots of interesting novel ad spending at P&G, including a connection with BlogHer and the online deoderant stand off. I guess brainless ad focusing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
DemandTec and Sam's Club
New from DemandTec. We explored their capabilities seeking to better understand the relationship between assortment and profitability. Impressive approaches...
From The Eponymous Pickle