Human gaming tactics draw analogies from the physical world to hide the underlying complexity (chunking), and enable the players to think at a higher level. AlphaGo isnt limited(?) by physical world analogies.
Mit "The Language of New Media" hat Lev Manovich ein Standardwerk über die visuelle Kultur der Gegenwart geschrieben. Im Interview mit ORF.at erzählt der Medientheoretiker, welche Rolle Mustererkennung, russische Avantgardefilme und Software in unserem Alltag spielen.
On September 27, 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google and began their work in the garage of businesswoman Susan Wojcicki. Up to this day, the company has become one of the most powerful in the field of search, cloud computing, productivity software, and advertising, running more than one million servers world wide.
Google-Chef Eric Schmidt erklärte gegenüber der "Financial Times" ("FT") am Mittwoch, dass Google seine Pläne, eine Zeitung zu kaufen, aufgegeben hätte.
Writer Nicholas Carr lit up the blogosphere with his recent Atlantic Monthly cover story, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?," warning that Internet use might be hurting our ability to concentrate and contemplate. We explore what all that surfing and clicking might be doing to our brains.
Unfortunately, there are no leaked screenshots to look at yet, but if you are one of the lucky few testers, I would love to take a peek. How do I know they are working on a “New Version”
May 31st, 2007 ‘Google Gears’ vies to be de facto tech for offline Web apps Posted by David Berlind @ 4:00 am Categories: General, Podcasts, Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Mobile, Personal Technology, Office 2.0, Web technology, IT Matters Podc
World Beyond War , By Marc Eliot Stein, June 8, 2018
In early April, more than 3100 Google employees signed a letter that begins with the words “Google should not be in the business of war”. The letter is a response to the company’s participation in a new US Department of Defense artificial intelligence program called Project Maven, which it describes as a “customized AI surveillance engine” designed to interpret visual images from drones, and concludes with a powerful request from Google employees to their management:
“Recognizing Google’s moral and ethical responsibility, and the threat to Google’s reputation, we request that you:
1. Cancel this project immediately
2. Draft, publicize, and enforce a clear policy stating that neither Google nor its contractors will ever build warfare technology”
Wie kommt also diese Geschichte zustande? Antwort: Sie ist ein Musterbeispiel für die Medienarbeit von Industrielobbys und in diesem Fall vor allem der deutschen Medienindustrie und der CDU – und wir wollen sie jetzt mal Schritt für Schritt sezieren.
Algorithmen bestimmen immer mehr unser Leben. Warum Computer nicht alles wissen und wir sie kontrollieren müssen, erklären zwei Expertinnen der Initiative Algorithm Watch.
Ich weiß, was du letzte Woche getan hast: Google merkt sich nicht nur, wo seine Nutzer wie lang waren. Der Konzern kann auch erahnen, wann jemand wo sein wird, was er kaufen möchte, welche Sorgen er hat und wie er politisch und sexuell orientiert ist. Unser Multimedia-Redakteur Martin Gobbin hat im...