ANOTHER ABSURDITY CONCERNING DATA CENTERS PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, WE BEGAN A DISCUSSION about powering data centers with second-hand turbines from scrapped jet aircraft. Today, The New York Times’ Hiroko Tabuchi continues her analyses; we … Continue reading
ANOTHER ABSURDITY CONCERNING DATA CENTERS PART 1
IT’S BAD ENOUGH THAT DATA CENTERS OCCUPY CONSIDERABLE LANDSCAPE, suck up critical electricity and water for their operation, and offer questionable societal “A.I. benefits.” Hiroko Tabuchi reports “Old, Polluting Jet … Continue reading
ROBO UMP SCIENCE
JON COHEN DESCRIBES HOW A “ROBO UMP” calls MLB action at home plate in “Eyes On The Ball,” Science, October 21, 2026. Dodger fans Daughter Suz and I got used … Continue reading
BATTERY MATERIAL OPTIONS
A POTATO, A NAIL, AND A COIN make a perfectly functioning battery. Swap the potato for a new one, and the battery is recharged. The quest for energy, however, seeks … Continue reading
WHAT ARE A.I. AGENTS ANYWAY? AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE?
PAUL TAYLOR TELLS US ABOUT “FREE AGENTS,” London Review of Books, October 8, 2026. This article is ripe for gleaning for several reasons: Taylor, Professor of Health Informatics at University … Continue reading
ADA LOVELACE ON A.I.—YOU GO, GRRL!
WALTER ISAACSON DESCRIBES, “ADA LOVELACE Already Answered the Big Questions About A.I.,” The New York Times, October 5, 2026. Indeed, come to think of it, this confirms the findings of … Continue reading
DISORDER PROMOTES STABILITY PART 2
YESTERDAY WE FOOLED WITH MATRICES, even introducing Jacobian ones with vector-value differentials. (Whew.) Today, Raissa M. D’Souza continues her discussion of “Noise and Diversity Can Boost Stability,” AAAS Science, September … Continue reading
SHAKE THINGS UP—IT’LL HELP PART 1
THOUGH SEEMINGLY PARADOXICAL, DISORDER CAN PROMOTE STABILITY. Raissa M. D’Souza describes how in “Noise and Diversity Can Boost Stability,” AAAS Science, September 17, 2026. Real-world Examples. You’d think that collective … Continue reading
A.I. OUTLAWS PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN GLEANING TIDBITS from Jill Lepore’s “Is A.I. Above The Law?,” The New Yorker, September 28, 2026. Today in Part 2, we focus on jurisprudence of robots. Previous … Continue reading
A.I. OUTLAWS PART 1
JILL LEPORE ASKS “IS A.I. ABOVE THE LAW?,” The New Yorker, September 21, 2026. Her subhead reads, “Our legal system isn’t ready for machines that act on their own.” Following … Continue reading
