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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
Amazon Autonomous Warehouse Robotics
Advances in Amazon Warehouse robotics to improve safety and operations. Note includes autonomous operation.Amazon Details Warehouse Robots, 'Ernie' and 'Bert'CNBC...
From insideHPC
Intel’s Infrastructure Processing Unit Targets Hyperscaler Data Centers
Intel has unveiled a programmable networking device for hyperscalers and their massive data center infrastructures. Called the Infrastructure Processing Unit and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Automating Space Weather Prediction
Ultimately a very important function, Coronal Mass Ejection is dangerous to many technical functions on earth. Neural methods for pattern analysis for coronal...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How long should you work on a problem ?
Lev Reyzin says that working too long on a problem might be unproductive: I, personally, have diminishing (or negative?) returns to my creative work as I explicitly...
From The Eponymous Pickle
China Based TikTok Says it Will Collect US Biometric Data
See also Bruce Schneier with further comments on this. TikTok just gave itself permission to collect biometric data on US users, including ‘faceprints andBy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Positions for Inflation
My former and longtime employer writes, on the threat of Inflation Challenges. With innovation. P&G Is Positioned for Inflation ChallengesProcter & Gamble Vice...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Long Will it be Until we can Talk to Animals?
First I thought this was a silly question. But it is really a primary question of intelligence. Its not just a translation, but a need to parse into a useful...
From insideHPC
Los Alamos in R&D Pact with Quantum Computing Inc. for Exascale and Petascale Simulations
Quantum Computing Inc., a Leesburg, VA-based company focused on bridging classical and quantum computing, today announced a three-year cooperative research andLos...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Heat
Heat and quantum computing. Quantum Computing requires physical machines which will need heat management. And that such machines may be quite 'delicate' when...
From Schneier on Security
TikTok Can Now Collect Biometric Data
This is probably worth paying attention to: A change to TikTok’s U.S. privacy policy on Wednesday introduced a new section that says the social video app “may collect...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Listen to the Catalyzing Computing Podcast, Episode 35 – Computer Architecture with Mark D. Hill (Part 1)
A new episode of the Computing Community Consortium‘s (CCC) official podcast, Catalyzing Computing, is now available. In this episode, Khari Douglas (CCC Senior...
From The Noisy Channel
The Eternal Quest for Meaning
In 1668, John Wilkins published An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language. In it, he proposed a universal language that would represent every...
From The Eponymous Pickle
McDonald's Drive Through Bot may Violate Law
Been following work by retailers to improve efficiency. This example seems a weak attempt at blocking new tech.McDonald’s drive-thru AI bot may have broken privacy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
UK Plans a Pandemic Radar
With plans for testing in a future pandemic.via ACM NEWSU.K. Has a Plan for a New 'Pandemic Radar' System By WiredAbout four years ago, seven infants and toddlers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Top Supply Chain Tech Trends
Some good thoughts on tech trends in supply chain.Gartner Reveals Top 8 Supply Chain Technology Trends in SDCExecGartner has identified the top eight supply chain...
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Printing Human Liver Tissue
Continue to make remarkable advances using 3D Prining.Wake Forest teams win a NASA prize for 3D printing human liver tissueNobody was really expected to conquer...
From Putting People First
Anthro-Vision: a new way to see in business and life
If there’s one simple message for the general reader in her new book Anthro-Vision it is this: the promise and value of anthropology lies in making visible that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Salesforce and Marketing AI
Overview of Salesforce and Marketing AIUsing AI to Automate Marketing Processes Using Salesforce ToolsSalesforce relies heavily on AI technology to help companies...
From Putting People First
Heidi Larson, vaccine anthropologist
Heidi Larson studies vaccine rumors—how they start, and why some flourish and others wither. Tackling misperceptions individually is like eliminating a single microbial...
From Putting People First