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Jul. 27th, 2009 10:05 amThis is really sad: Files Vanished, Young Chinese Lose the Future. In a country where the records of one's life -- college diplomas, resumes, references -- are stored by the government, corrupt officials are selling people's identities for money. Powerless to replace the records, the victimized are ruined for life.
Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man
The researchers — leading computer scientists, artificial intelligence researchers and roboticists who met at the Asilomar Conference Grounds on Monterey Bay in California — generally discounted the possibility of highly centralized superintelligences and the idea that intelligence might spring spontaneously from the Internet. But they agreed that robots that can kill autonomously are either already here or will be soon.
The NYT titled their interview with Carol Smith "No Doubts: Women Are Better Managers", which I think is a pretty misleading summary of the interview. She says some interesting things about management techniques and hiring.
For K8: Bear-Proof Can Is Pop-Top Picnic for a Crafty Thief
Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man
The researchers — leading computer scientists, artificial intelligence researchers and roboticists who met at the Asilomar Conference Grounds on Monterey Bay in California — generally discounted the possibility of highly centralized superintelligences and the idea that intelligence might spring spontaneously from the Internet. But they agreed that robots that can kill autonomously are either already here or will be soon.
The NYT titled their interview with Carol Smith "No Doubts: Women Are Better Managers", which I think is a pretty misleading summary of the interview. She says some interesting things about management techniques and hiring.
For K8: Bear-Proof Can Is Pop-Top Picnic for a Crafty Thief
