Top stories published by computationallythinking in 2013

I disagree with this opinion on computability of human minds, but it’s fascinating research otherwise. He’s showing that new senses can be integrated into mammal brains to produce mice that can…

Mark Crowley in computationallythinking

Apr 24, 2013

Was the Twitter Plunge Caused by an Algorithm Reading Twitter?

Mark Crowley in computationallythinking

Jun 4, 2013

Twitter Truth

Not everything on Twitter is true, not by a long shot. But everything that is true will show up and be reshared on Twitter before it shows up in a newspaper.

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Mark Crowley in computationallythinking

Nov 1, 2013

Review of RLDM2013 Conference

Last week I attended the first multidisciplinary conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (RLDM2013) and I think I speak for most people who attended when I say I hope it becomes a regular event on the academic calendar.

I often struggle to explain to people…

Mark Crowley in computationallythinking

Dec 1, 2013

I’ll See Your Canned Message and Raise You and Auto-Reply Bot

Here’s a quick thought about this article on Why Google Wants to ‘Can’ Your Messages. Apparently, Google has filed a patent for a service that would offer suggested text for responses to text messages, emails and social…

Mark Crowley in computationallythinking

Jun 23, 2013

How do the Distance to the Horizon and the Distance to the Space Station Compare?

Mark Crowley in computationallythinking

Jan 6, 2013

NIPS Conference 2012

A month ago I attended the 2012 Neural Information Processing Systems conference in Lake Tahoe Nevada. I’ve already posted some of my thoughts on some of it up at the Computational Sustainability Blog for your interest.

Mark Crowley in computationallythinking

Jan 8, 2013

Robot Lifeguards?

Here’s some interesting research on a Neural Network approach to teaching a machine to detect when someone is drowning. This could lead to better detection of people in need of help or dispatch and guidance for robotic lifeguards.

Mark Crowley in computationallythinking

Apr 27, 2013

Machines want your job : Recruiters

One of the reasons I think it is so important for the everyone person to keep up to date which the advance of science and technology is that is the only way they can purposely prepare for the future. What jobs will be available in the future, what jobs will be…

Mark Crowley in computationallythinking

Feb 9, 2013

Machines Want Your Job : Interrogators

Fascinating. It shouldn’t be too surprising to hear that human’s are very susceptible to…

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