Category: Computers
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Creator. Creation. AI.
Admiring how AI creates video games. But it is not actually “creation”, but re-creation based on human made rules. (1) When are we going to stop fooling our selves? Artificial Intelligence is not what we imagined it to be. It is more a “product of our intelligence”, rather than Intelligence. And it will keep be…
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Computers. Do they solve problems?
Increased computing power. Increased memory needs. Increased power needs. (1) Computers consume the world. But how many problems of humans have been solved by that “progress”? All the important issues are related to human communication and compassion. And none of these can be improved with some GBs more RAM…
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RSA, coding, hacking…
RSA, the internet security firm, has warned customers not to use one of its own encryption algorithms after fears it can be unlocked by the US National Security Agency (NSA). In an advisory note to its developer customers, RSA said that a default algorithm in one of its toolkits could contain a “back door” that…
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A quantum programming language: Program what you don’t know…
Quantum software has finally left the dark ages with the creation of the first practical, high-level programming language for quantum computers. Although today’s devices are not ready for most practical applications, the language, called Quipper, could guide the design of these futuristic machines, as well as making them easier to program when they do arrive. (1)…
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Being advanced… Being stupid…
Modern children have all the technology at the tip of their fingers. They have instant access to vast amounts of knowledge. [1] But they must give it up before it is too late. Because that thing to what they have access is not “knowledge”. It is data. Knowledge is earned. Not read. If you do…
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