There is a different way of thinking of “the singularity”, perhaps in its lesser mode. Whit systems that are capable of learning, we can draw an analog from human mentor-mentee relationships. As the student becomes better at the craft, they need the...
Even with all the buzz around AI, and all the rapid advancements, sometimes we still fall into thinking that nothing’s going to change. Everything will as we are used to, and no, no jobs will be disrupted. Here is one to make you think again: with the latest iOS...
How intellectual property is protected seems to be quite a mystery for many. I am no lawyer, but ideas, designs, and methods can be protected in at least a couple of different ways, very different one from the other: The first one is just plain secrecy. If no one can...
In any competitive industry, there’s ever-pressing need to improve products and services, and we can get caught in the relentless pursuit of the added feature. But this is not always what the customer wants. I am not referring to the price-sensitive customer who...
A few days ago, I was pointed to THIS ARTICLE on a major data forgery disaster in a research paper. The article points to evidence that not one, but TWO researchers altered, fabricated, or forged data on the same research paper. The paper was published with the...
There are many things that are in use today, that are the product of cultural standards. Someone thought it was a good idea, or it may have made sense at the time, and many years ago, this is how things started to be done. Or perhaps they were ordered by someone very...
