Putting Knowledge to Work and Letting Information Play
A free e-book covering wide and very interesting ground…
Harvard University Press - In Praise of Copying by Marcus Boon
Go ahead, take a copy. (Thanks to Antonio Marvel).
MorriSoul Guest MIx at the Fine Art Recordings Blog
The always excellent Fine Art Recordings Blog shares a lovely deep house guest mix by MorriSoul… excellent to get you back in gear a Monday morning…
Luis von Ahn on Human Computation | Berkman Center
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Luis von Ahn on Human Computation
Although computers have advanced dramatically over the last 50 years, they still do not possess the basic conceptual intelligence that most humans take for granted. By leveraging human skills and abilities in a novel way we can solve large-scale computational problems and collect training data to teach computers many basic human talents. Professor Luis von Ahn — of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University — discusses how human brains can act as processors in a distributed system, each performing a small part of a massive computation.
Studies in Comics, Volume 1 Issue 1, April 2010
The first issue of Studies in Comics can be read online for free. Good to see so many familiar names!