- Why driverless cars will mostly be shared, not owned.
- A conversation between Henry Farrell and Tyler Cowen Henry is one of the most interesting people I read, and Tyler Cowen is an omnivorous thinker and writer.
- US nuclear weapons command and control systems no longer run on 8-inch floppy disks Phew! Rest easy, Earthlings.
- History of AI Research: Essential Papers and Developments Useful resource.
Category Archives: Links
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- BBC News site is now available on Tor
- How Facebook bought a (public) police force
- Social media has NOT destroyed a generation Or, at any rate, there’s no good empirical evidence that it has.
- Google boss on his company achieving ‘Quantum supremacy
- But IBM begs to disagree Silly argument IMHO.
Linkblog
- British public opinion(s) on autonomous vehicles
- The Odyssey in Limerick form Lovely.
- Trailer for Steve Bannon’s next film For a fuller explanation (and the Huawei connection) see here.
- Theranos could have been stopped Make that “should have been”.
Linkblog
- “Bicycle for the Mind” Fascinating exegesis of an early talk by Steve Jobs.
- The French Economist Who Helped Invent Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax
- Is the UK about to get its own DARPA?
- Famous internal memos in computer companies
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- The Audio Revolution Thoughtful ruminations on Marshal McLuhan, media and the power of headphones.
- “The dreaming of Dominic Cummings” James Meek’s lovely LRB essay on the fracturing of the UK into two separate states: Remainia and Leaveland.
- World economy is sleepwalking into a new financial crisis Sombre lecture by the former Governor of the Bank of England.
- How Airbnb Is Silently Changing Himalayan Villages
Linkblog
- Sir Stephen Sedley on the UK Supreme Court ruling about lawless prorogation of Parliament Nobody, not even the Prime Minister, is above the law.
- We’re all in an abusive relationship with our smartphones Lovely essay by Maria Farrell
- Myths from a small island: the dangers of a buccaneering view of British history Lessons the UK is about to learn.
- “The dreaming of Dominic Cummings” James Meek’s LRB essay on the fracturing of the UK into two separate states: Romania and Leaveland.
Linkblog
- Remembering Harold Bloom Nice memoir by one of his former students.
- If you doubt that corporations are sociopathic entities: just consider banks that lend to poor people Thoughtful and depressing memoir by a former employee.
- Why we must ban facial recognition technology now
- Zuckerberg still thinks he has First Amendment responsibilities He still doesn’t get it.
- Computational photography: The reason your smartphone photos keep getting better
Linkblog
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- Anton Howes: The crucial century The mystery of why the industrial revolution started in Britain.
- Michael Kramer’s O-ring theory of development One of the contributions that got him his share of the Nobel prize for economics.
- Trump’s letter to Erdogan Truly, you couldn’t make this up.]
- The University of Washington’s Centre for an Informed Public Now that would be a good idea.
- Should you disclose to an incoming guest that your home has a ‘smart’ speaker? A question that until recently apparently had not occurred to Amazon, Google, Apple or Facebook executives.
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- “The Seductive Diversion of ‘Solving’ Bias in Artificial Intelligence” Trying to “fix” A.I. distracts from the more urgent questions about the technology.
- Unpacking “Ethical AI”: a curated reading list
- Defending our data: Huawei, 5G and the Five Eyes
- Sully Sullenberger’s letter to the Editor of New York Times Magazine about the Boing 737 MAX Since he’s the pilot who safely landed his airliner in the Hudson River all those years ago, it’s worth paying attention.