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Technology Is the Only Way to Open Schools in the Fall — But It’s Far from Perfect
Technology Is the Only Way to Open Schools in the Fall — But It’s Far from Perfect
While technology might be the solution, it is not the answer.
Computer History Museum
Aug 14, 2020
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Silicon Valley Turns Fifty
Silicon Valley Turns Fifty
Fifty years ago a local paper coined the nickname for Silicon Valley.
David A. Laws
Jan 11
Introducing the Smalltalk Zoo
Introducing the Smalltalk Zoo
In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the release of Smalltalk-80.
Computer History Museum
Dec 17, 2020
Be Good, Do Well
Be Good, Do Well
Airbnb’s former chief ethics officer, provides guidance for people and companies who want to practice ethical decision-making.
Computer History Museum
Dec 8, 2020
The People Machine
The People Machine
Harvard historian Jill Lepore explores the Simulmatics Corporation’s efforts to predict human behavior in the 1950s and ’60s.
Computer History Museum
Dec 1, 2020
Building a Better Hype Machine: How We Can Achieve the Promise of Social Media
Building a Better Hype Machine: How We Can Achieve the Promise of Social Media
MIT’s Sinan Aral describes how we can achieve the promise and avoid the perils of social media.
Computer History Museum
Nov 23, 2020
Heroes, Communities, and the Politics of Innovation
Heroes, Communities, and the Politics of Innovation
Solutions for critical tech policy issues can be found in innovative communities.
Computer History Museum
Nov 17, 2020
Silicon Valley: Building on a Culture of Looking Forward
Silicon Valley: Building on a Culture of Looking Forward
As industries have come and gone, and through booms and busts, the idea that change is good is one thing that hasn’t changed. Until now.
Computer History Museum
Oct 2, 2019
The Next Moonshot … Earth
The Next Moonshot … Earth
Can innovative tech policies help solve Earth’s greatest challenges?
Computer History Museum
Oct 22, 2020
Unprecedented: Gen Z’s Right to Vote
Unprecedented: Gen Z’s Right to Vote
Teens share their thoughts about voting for the first time in today’s tech world.
Computer History Museum
Oct 16, 2020
Decoding the Election: Algorithms, AI, and Your Vote
Decoding the Election: Algorithms, AI, and Your Vote
AI and voter targeting is just the latest in a long, intertwined history of technology and elections.
Computer History Museum
Oct 6, 2020
Hotspots and Have-Nots: Revisiting the Digital Divide
Hotspots and Have-Nots: Revisiting the Digital Divide
A journalist returns to the Navajo Nation twenty years later.
Computer History Museum
Sep 29, 2020
The Startup Community Way: Brad Feld Decodes Complexity
The Startup Community Way: Brad Feld Decodes Complexity
Techstars cofounder, entrepreneur, and early-stage investor offers new guidance and insights for startup communities from his latest book
Computer History Museum
Sep 11, 2020
Living Boldly: The Innovative and Inclusive Career of Andrea Goldsmith
Living Boldly: The Innovative and Inclusive Career of Andrea Goldsmith
A WiFi pioneer works to make engineering and technology more inclusive and diverse.
Computer History Museum
Sep 2, 2020
AI and Play, Part 2: Go and Deep Learning
AI and Play, Part 2: Go and Deep Learning
Just as early symbolic AI advanced through applying AI to game playing, today’s deep learning systems have also learned from playing games.
Hansen Hsu
Aug 5, 2020
How Do Neural Network Systems Work?
How Do Neural Network Systems Work?
As the name suggests, artificial neural networks are modeled on biological neural networks in the brain.
Hansen Hsu
Aug 5, 2020
AI and Play, Part 1: How Games Have Driven Two Schools of AI Research
AI and Play, Part 1: How Games Have Driven Two Schools of AI Research
Many of the algorithms that guide our web searches and driving directions today are rooted in what people now call “Good, Old Fashioned AI”
Hansen Hsu
Jul 23, 2020
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