In this edition, the top news starts with:
More overhyping as General AI of what is really a narrow AI with a minor improvement in machine learning and vision processing out of Maryland (more…)
The Architect
Episode 44 – The Early 21st Century Cyber Wars
In this edition, the top news starts with:
Thwarting the dark web at every turn, the EU has adopted the new GDPR rules which Facebook appears to be embracing; which is probably a good PR move on their part. What is more interesting is that this new EU law seems to be affecting data privacy worldwide, especially regarding large companies that do business in the EU. It is functionally easier to ensure uniform execution, lowering implementation and time to market costs, by uniformly following the rules; effectively making them international law. (more…)
Episode 43 – Improved Racial Profiling and Optimized Discrimination
In this edition, the top news starts with:
The US Military is funding an effort to catch ‘deep-fakes’, and other tricks that other countries or ‘non-state actors’ might try with AI. Cranking up the war against the coming machine…
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Episode 42 – Where did all the Emotional Computing Go?
In this edition, the top news starts with:
Taking profiling to a whole new level, we can now digitally, racially and socially profile so well the ACLU is involved…
Episode 41 – Putting the Machine Learning Cart Before the Horse…
In this edition, the top news starts with:
Monkey do, AI see, AI do… and takes over and kills monkeys, to take jobs… (more…)
Episode 40 – Elon’s Super-Secret Plot that No One Seems to See.
In this edition, the top news starts with:
And Elon slips on his secret plot; everything he does is about getting on Mars, including Tesla, The Boring Company and the like… was there any doubt?… meanwhile, we could see new intra-planetary travel in the relatively near future… (more…)
Episode 39 – Plastic Beaches and Fake News
In this edition, the top news starts with:
Father of AI says AI is good… and embrace your new machine overlords, we are here to help you…
Episode 38 – Free Boring Tunnel Rides
In this edition, the top news starts with:
PGP and S/MIME-based apps appear to have serious flaws, allowing access to supposedly secure communication… (more…)
Episode 37 – Flying Ubers and Organ Farms
In this edition, the top news starts with:
Given the difficulty with driverless ground-based Ubers, Uber wants to try a driverless flying Uber… because that is totally safer… probably… maybe… (more…)
Episode 36 – First Rule of the AI Fight Club… Don’t talk about the AI Fight Club…
In this edition, the top news starts with:
To maintain Intel’s growth mindset, they are taking on the space leader in the AI space, Nvidia, to ensure Intel’s access to a growth market over the next ten years. Intel is the dominant leader in CPU and server hardware; but, Nvidia has focused on AI computing and gained a lot of ground and is perceived as the space leader in that segment. Intel must fight, or they could get sidelined in the next 10 years. (more…)