* Posts by racer42

4 publicly visible posts • joined 15 Mar 2011

Mystery 'doughnut' materializes in front of Mars rover: 'OH MY GOD! It wasn't there before!'

racer42

Re: It is quite obvious

It is quite obvious it's a jammy dodger!

If this doesn't terrify you... Google's computers OUTWIT their humans

racer42

Something Missing

There is something missing in this story.

It sounded to me like this says the system is writing some of its' own code.In my experience with writing code, it has to be tested. How is this performed without human intervention. How does it know that the code is successfully finding cats or shredders?

Are they saying that the systems first presentation of the algorithm to find shredders was successful? If that is actually correct there is a very real reason for concern. As I think more about this I am wondering what the system is being asked to do, and what parameters it is being given to do it.

West Virginia seeks Google Glass driving ban

racer42

Glass location?

It does not seem too unlikely that some sort of situational awareness will be designed into Glass After all the whole purpose of "enhanced reality" is based on knowing where you are. So when the Glasses realize they are in a car, and moving, the allowable displays would be restricted.

I actually find this a rather interesting idea. Imagine direction arrows displayed as if they are on the road, sort of like the lines that are overlaid on US football shows

Apple to sell 107m iPads in 2016

racer42

predictions five years out???

What a wonderful waste of time. In five yearswe will be ......... um no way to know. I hope they do not count on this too much.