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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Is telecommuting the post-COVID-19 future for the workplace?
Move data, not people.Years ago, I first heard telecommuting proponents say that. The question appears to be whether the COVID-19 pandemic will motivate organizations to put more of their employees in telecommuting status. A recent City Journal article explored the...
How COVID-19 is Impacting the Robotics Industry: Perspectives from CEOs
I listened to an interesting webinar about robotics during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The presidents and CEOs of major robotics companies were on a panel. Here are some notes I took:Raising awareness about how integrated robots are in our supply chains.Robotics...
Could Growing Patient Stem Cells on a Synthetic Scaffold Slash Organ Transplant Waiting Lists?
Via Instapundit and MIT Technology Review: Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, or HART, is testing its synthetic trachea system in Russia and has plans for similar tests in the European Union this year. The company is working with the U.S. Food and Drug...
Meet the Man Google Hired to Make AI a Reality
Via Instapundit and Wired: Hinton aimed to create a team of world-class thinkers dedicated to creating computing systems that mimic organic intelligence — or at least what we know about organic intelligence, what we know about how the brain sifts through a wealth of...
Meet the Man Google Hired to Make AI a Reality
Via Instapundit and Wired: Hinton aimed to create a team of world-class thinkers dedicated to creating computing systems that mimic organic intelligence — or at least what we know about organic intelligence, what we know about how the brain sifts through a wealth of...
How Technology Killed the Future
Via Instapundit and Politico: …where everything is happening so fast that it may as well be simultaneous. One big now. The result for institutions—especially political ones—has been profound. This transformation has dramatically degraded the ability of political...
How Technology Killed the Future
Via Instapundit and Politico: …where everything is happening so fast that it may as well be simultaneous. One big now. The result for institutions—especially political ones—has been profound. This transformation has dramatically degraded the ability of political...
Is the Universe Made of Math?
Via Scientific American: In my new book “Our Mathematical Universe”, I argue that it means that our universe isn’t just described by math, but that it is math in the sense that we’re all parts of a giant mathematical object, which in turn is part of a multiverse so...