https://web.archive.org/web/20170628150059/http://www.advogato.org/article/427.html I’m a computer scientist. I’m very fond of free software as it helps me to use my machine to the fullest possible extent. It is also a bliss when writing research code, free software will almost always cover the
examachine has 22 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub. Source: examachine (Eray Özkural) I just uploaded a bunch of free software projects to github. Some of them were on google code, which was terminated by google. You may
A great review of Einstein’s contributions to cosmology. Understanding the history of a field is essential to understanding the evolution of ideas therein. I had not realized how rigorous Einstein had been in deriving his cosmological models. It is much
Recently, experiments have been conducted that verify the existence of a state of matter that is called a discrete time crystal. This type of material has a perfect repetition across time, which means that it acts like a Perpetuum Mobile
Marvin Minsky was a great scientist, inventor and philosopher. He is one of my three idols: Marvin Minsky, Carl Sagan and Ray Solomonoff. I learnt much of what I needed to know about human-like AI from his books. This 2010 interview with
Not anymore than the holy Flying Spaghetti Monster, or a toothy fairy, or a djinn contains one. Just because you can imagine that you live in a giant video game, does not mean that is a scientifically credible thought. If there
This common question was asked on quora. Here goes a semi-jocular reply. You will need to invest capital mostly. In a capitalist system, labor automation means what it means, only capital works from that point on. Sorry to say such
The Rocket AI hoax, which purportedly showed that investors should not buy into AI “hype”, was proudly promoted here. The problem here is that neither Anders Sandberg nor Riva-Melissa Tez can tell if an AI startup’s tech is novel. That is
Is Artificial Intelligence the Way Forward for Personal Finance? | Innovation Insights | Wired.com. Wallet.AI isn’t a bad idea, but it also doesn’t sound like it has much AI in it. Rather, it sounds like a sophisticated personal accounting and
Information Transfer Economics: It doesn't matter what people think. Well, what can I say? This is a very interesting paper!