There’s some thinking in the book about machine intelligence, and a character (at least one) who’s a chat bot. If …
Continue reading Two chat bots, Alice and Jabberwacky, converse with each other
From Jeremy Scahill, for The Nation “As this Committee is well aware, we are now in the midst of the …
The Department of Homeland Security will move forward with plans to implement the REAL ID Act despite widespread opposition from …
Continue reading DHS: You’ll take a national ID and you’ll like it
Vernor Vinge is a pioneer in artificial intelligence, and argues that exponential growth in technology means a point will be …
Continue reading Artificial Intelligence Will (Someday) Surpass Human Intelligence
Walter Isaacson’s 704-page, 2.4-pound biography of Einstein may not provide a solution to the great question that nagged the physicist …
By Scott Hillis, for Reuters Thu May 3, 1:29 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO – IBM has developed a way to …
Continue reading IBM uses self-assembling material in chip advance
It’s not nearly as sexy as the title might suggest, but there’s a wealth of (public!) information here about the …
“The director of national intelligence, Michael McConnell, said yesterday that the evidence of what is wrong with FISA was too …
Simulation proves it’s possible to eavesdrop on super-secure encrypted messages. A team of researchers from MIT has, for the first …
Hollywood pitch: 24 meets The Bourne Identity. PW ran a nice piece recently on 9 upcoming debut thrillers, and I …
Two security experts have discovered a way to inject false messages — some amusing and others potentially frightening — into …
