Saturday, December 31, 2016

A new spin on Artificial Intelligence

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New research from Tohoku University (1) demonstrating pattern finding using low energy solid state devices, representing synapses (spintro...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Coding errors

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A recent publication in Nature Communications  (1) seems to confirm that DNA damage due to ionizing radiation is a cause of cancer in human...
Saturday, December 17, 2016

Does life matter?

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Philosophical, ethical and religious considerations have prevented humans from defining the value of life. Short sighted financial analysi...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Milking data

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Milk, a new computer language created by MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) promises a four fold inc...
Monday, December 12, 2016

Democracy's event horizon

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Recent results from a survey (1) of 2200 Americans showing over 1 in 4 believe that the sun goes around the earth is problematic for democ...
Monday, November 28, 2016

The irony of Artificial Intelligence

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The indiscriminate use of the term "Artificial Intelligence," by analysts and consultants, demean what it was originally meant to...
Friday, November 25, 2016

Expert complexity

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A new tool rolled out by a research institution (1), allows decision-makers reach better decisions by surveying experts. Specifically, a re...
Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Eaten alive

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Recent research from the University of Texas (1) sets the timing of the genius Homo excursion out of Africa to an earlier time and a harshe...