by Tom | Mar 14, 2016 | Personal, Reading, Science, Tech
So much sci-fi coming to earth this last week. AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol and convincingly. It’s important because the game was thought to be too “big” for traditional computer strategies based on simulating playing the game forward a few rounds and...
by Tom | Mar 14, 2016 | Business, Tech
Intriguing thought. I strongly dislike and avoid advertising, but maybe free self-driving transportation is my price? Source: A Global Robotic Transportation System is Almost Here
by Tom | Jan 28, 2016 | Reading, Tech
Everyone expected computer domination of Go to be “ten years” away. It looks strongly like it’s nearly with us. A European master was defeated 5-0 and a match up with a world champion match is due in March. Once again, the human player described the...
by Tom | Aug 27, 2015 | IT, Reading, Tech
If you can’t detect Google Chrome updates (PDF), you can’t detect anything. Bejsasus.
by Tom | Aug 25, 2015 | Reading, Tech
More excellent mind-blowing thinking today. Google is taking the technology that it used to generate Google Translate (which doesn’t really understand languages) and applying it to thoughts. “If you take the vector for Paris and subtract the vector for France...
by Tom | Aug 25, 2015 | Business, IT, Reading, Tech
This is hilarious and so true. Security types read and learn. Basically, you’re either dealing with Mossad or not-Mossad. If your adversary is not-Mossad, then you’ll probably be fine if you pick a good password and don’t respond to emails from...
