Suggested readings about technology and climate change
The inside story of ChatGPT The inside story of how ChatGPT was built from the people who made it At the center of technology and research is people who dare building it. Decades-Old Privacy Problem solved An advancement that could lead to performing searches over the Internet in fully
Steve Blank and the Quantum Technology Ecosystem Steve Blank is: E.piphany, Zilog, MIPS Computers, Convergent Technologies, Pixar, Ardent, Rocket Science Games and many other ventures and startups. He founded his latest startup in his living room and a few years later he retired, in 1999. Since then, Steve Blank
IBM Research's NorthPole chip: next step forward IBM is one of those corporations that until now by slowly and steadly innovating has given humanity the building blocks of the greates technology advancements. A new chip prototype from IBM Research’s lab in California might be the next
Digital Equipment Corporation memories on Licklider This report honors J. C. R. Licklider for his contributions to computer science research and education in this country. We reprint here two of his papers, originally published in the 1960s, which exemplify his ideas about how computers could enhance human problem-solving.>
The Cyber Resilience Act for dummies, and Everyone involved in Open Source Development The Cyber Resilience Act was introduced by the European Parliament in September 2022. It will establish cybersecurity requirements for devices and software sold inside the European Union market. Which means that anybody who places digital products in
The Story Behind the Business Model Canvas Alexander Osterwalder is best known as the inventor of the Business Model Canvas, a graphical and guided scheme for building a business model by gathering and grouping relevant information. He's indeed a theorist of Business Models Onthology and Organization, and he
Creativity and Leadership Leadership is not Management, nor Coaching. Leadership as a practice, role and posture has been examined and dissected in a multitude of books and seminars since forever. Here a totally new approach is suggested, that embraces Empathy and Creativity as traits of the effective Leader. The recently
Future quantum codebreakers goldmining from the past it’s possible that some bad actors are already hoarding encrypted messages in anticipation of being able to break them when a suitable quantum machine arrives Wouldn't you do that? The timeline for a widely available quantum computing capability is
Mapping Any Unknown Industry in ten steps Steve Blank on mapping an industry for building a business plan on top of the map, in a few weeks of investigation (or lunches). TimeGPT-1: GPT for time series One of the trending topics in generative machine learning research is how to
The Data Delusion Surveying a million books on ten thousand shelves is a nightmare This is J. C. R. Licklider, a chief engineer and pioneer of the early Internet, in 1965. He wrote the book Libraries of the Future fter two years of research, in which he envisioned a future
Self-supervised learning: The dark matter of intelligence Humans rely on their previously acquired background knowledge of how the world works, and build new knowledge based on experience and simula. How do we get machines to do the same? Self Supervised Learning is one step in this direction. Instead of
AI and Knowledge Workers: a study When properly used and managed, Artificial Intelligence in the form of the likes of Generative and Large Language Models enhances knowledge workers productivity and quality, in measureable terms. Figthting fake cheese with cryptography Parmesan is very expensive: it does make sense to fight fakes
Privacy Nightmare on Wheels Privacy Not Included (PNI) is an initiative by Mozilla global non-profit organization, that scrutinizes electronic and software products against potential privacy concerning problems. In its latest edition a PNI bullettin reveals how twenty five car brands collect and share personal data. This includes sexual activity,
Computing History at Bell Labs No need to explain what Bell Laboratories have been for the advancement of humanity in terms of technological discoveries and use cases perfection. Most of the published stuff from the ancient years at the Bell Labs has gone from the easy of reach of its
Superintelligence cannot be contained Superintelligence is a hypothetical agent that possesses intelligence far surpassing that of the brightest and most gifted human minds. The recent advances in machine learning, artificial intelligence and machine comptutation capabilities lead scientists, philosophers and technologists to discuss about the potential catastrophic risks posed by…