AI bots at Facebook developed their own language to communicate. Researchers had to change the program so they could understand what the machines were saying… https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/06/artificial-intelligence-develops-its-own-non-human-language/530436/
Author: mrbartucz
How do you train an AI? Pig wrastlin’ of course…. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608065/ai-agents-learn-to-work-together-by-wrangling-virtual-swine
Here’s an interesting use for all those old thumb drives / flash drives sitting in your desk drawer: http://www.flashdrivesforfreedom.org/
There will be a free AFA Cyber Camp at the University of Pittsburgh this summer! Anyone enrolled in high school for the 2017-2018 school year can attend. Students will learn how to protect their personal devices and information from outside threats, as well as how to harden entire networks running Windows 7 and Ubuntu operating systems.
Thank you, Senator Amy Klobuchar, for visiting with us at CTECH and for sponsoring an extremely important piece of legislation to support and expand apprenticeship opportunities. Read more about it here: https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2017/4/klobuchar-collins-introduce-legislation-to-support-and-expand-apprenticeship-programs
Interesting article on cheating in college Computer Science classes… https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/us/computer-science-cheating.html
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/11-online-summer-camps-to-keep-kids-busy-and-learning-while-schools-out
Has Chrome already won? I recently switched back to FireFox because I’m getting creeped out by Google. https://andreasgal.com/2017/05/25/chrome-won
You will be shocked at how much of your private information can be found online… https://www.wsj.com/video/wsj-privacy-test-who-can-see-your-personal-data/0C0B606A-4E52-4F39-B537-9825D48C1E81.html