June 2010
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I managed to squeeze in a bit of recording at...
Live from Singularity University →
I’ve been using Twitter to take notes of the lectures given at SU for the past couple of days. A lot of interesting ideas are being presented, and I’m doing my best to convey them in 140-character format (actually more like 110-character format including the hashtag and the speaker’s name). If you’re interested you should also do a search on Twitter for #SingularityU to get...
Machine Learning & AI
A fellow SU student asked me about the difference between machine learning and artificial intelligence last night, and I thought I would summarize my answer for the record, in case other people are wondering, or might wish to correct me.
Machine learning is about solving small problems to within reasonable tolerances. Artificial intelligence is about trying to solve big problems (or all problems...
A solution to videoconference gaze?
One of the common problems with videoconferencing today is that it’s impossible (with current technology) to make the camera and the display totally coaxial, so you get a somewhat disconcerting lack of eye contact. What if you put one camera on either side of the display and used an algorithm like this to synthesize the view from a “virtual camera” aligned with the display?
